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This announcement is final follow up to the power outage from March 28, 2008. The UPS manufacturer was here on April 10th and did some analysis of the UPS to see if there was any information to be learned. The results show that the UPS is functioning properly and is not overloaded and hasn't given us any indication as to why the breaker tripped. That leaves the breaker as the only possible source of this outage. Further investigation of the breaker that tripped shows a high temperature condition on the load side of the breaker. The line side is running at normal temp. The electrician specifically indicated that this was not an overtemp condition, but is a point of concern. This high temp condition is likely caused by faulty or loose terminal connections into the breaker. There are two possible paths for us to take to rectify this situation: 1. Attempt a hot fix by tightening the terminal connectors on the breaker while under load. This is risky and does not guarantee the problem will be solved. The only benefit of doing this hot fix is that we prevent a scheduled downtime. The dangers of doing this hot fix is that tightening the connections may cause the breaker to trip, CAUSING an unscheduled downtime. Even if the tightening is successful, this would also leave the old breaker in place. While the breaker is performing to specification right now, it remains a questionable component within the entire system. I do not prefer this method. 2. Schedule a downtime and replace the breaker with a new unit. This is much less risky and will nearly guarantee the problem is resolved. However, it does cause a scheduled downtime and requires everything connected to the attached PDU be shut down in an orderly fashion. This is the preferred method for two reasons, first, we are eliminating the questionable element in the system and second, we are not risking an unscheduled downtime from an accidental failure. After weighing these options I have decided to replace the breaker and schedule a system shutdown on Friday May 2, 2008 from 11:45pm until 1:00 am central time. As this is major outage, this announcement is going out to both our outages list and general announcements list. Please watch for further announcements later today. If your cabinet is scheduled to lose power during this downtime, you will be receiving an additional announcement directly notifying you of the scheduled outage. If you have any questions or want to know if you will be affected by this scheduled downtime, please reply to this message and our support team will inform you of your status. Support can be reached Monday thru Friday from 8:00am until 8:00pm, Saturdays from 11:00am until 4:00pm via phone at 612-337-6340, or via email at [log in to unmask] -- Bil K. MacLeslie - TGWGTD - ipHouse http://www.ipHouse.com/