Re: seeking recommendation: UPS for Freebsd

From: Dan Langille <dan_at_langille.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:02:48 UTC 
Andrea Venturoli wrote on 4/12/23 3:20 AM:
> On 4/11/23 21:49, Alexander Burke wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Don't forget that you can change the cooling fans for something quieter.
>
> Hello.
>
> It's not that the fan are necessarily noisier; IME (on a limited range 
> of models), APCs will only run fans when on battery or charging or 
> room is very hot, while Eatons' fans are always-on.
> Fine for a server room, not for an office where people work.
>

I agree.

I changed the fans.

https://hardforum.com/threads/5px2200-ups-cooling-noise-management.1824738/#post-1044773971

So have others:

* 
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/cz5846/report_quiet_eaton_ups_by_replacing_stock_fan/
* 
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2162510-eaton-9130-ups-tower-fan-replacement

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