<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Scott,<br><br></div>You definitely want to get the proper PDU--don't muck about with electricity. Find out what sort of connector your power feed uses, then get a 120V/30A PDU to match. We're running a few 120V/30A circuits, and have used APC PDUs (0U) without incident.<br>
<br></div>Ask your colo provider for the electrical specs on your power connection--they should know this stuff cold. Do they offer 208V? Does your equipment support it? You'll dramatically reduce your power draw by going with the higher voltage (power scales with current squared).<br>
<br></div>John<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Scott Danek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott_danek@terc.edu" target="_blank">scott_danek@terc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="#2f2f2f" face="Verdana">Hi all,</font><font size="3"><br>
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We're looking into increasing our power in our colocation from 120V 20
amp to 120V 30 amp so that we can add more equipment. When looking for
PDU's it seems that a PDU that will take a 120V input and output 30 amps
is uncommon. Most 30 amp PDU's we've seen seem to take a 200V+ input. If
we got a PDU that lists a 200V or 208V input and output, and plugged it
into a 120V circuit, what would be the outcome? Would that be ill-advised?
Thanks!</font><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><font size="3"><br>
</font><font color="#2f2f2f" face="Verdana"><br>
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