Letting the Magic Smoke Out...

Just blew up two Uninterupptable Power Supplies.

I had just finished working on a new PC for our server room. I wamted it to be on UPS. I like for each device to have its own UPS to remove as much chance of a single failure taking down the entire server cluster.

So I unplug a couple of non essential devices from one of the wall sockets. I plug in a double adapter. I plug in an IEC (kettle/computer) Plug. I plug the UPS in. It doesn't have anything plugged into it.

BANG! A blue flash lights the inside of the UPS and I can smell smoke. Uh Oh.

I unplug it. I know this unit was recently serviced, so I figure we have a failure. Oh well. It happens. I label the UPS as "Magic Smoke has Escaped", tape over all the power inlets/outlets and put it aside. Luckily I have another of the same model in my stack of spares. I go and fetch it. I plug it in.

BANG! A blue flash lights the inside of the UPS and I can smell smoke. Crap!

So I unplug the double adapter AND the IEC plug and throw them in the bin. Maybe I'll hold off plugging that new unit for a few days...