[Beowulf] Opteron cooling specifications?

Bruce Allen ballen at gravity.phys.uwm.edu
Mon May 1 23:28:57 PDT 2006


> What breakers are not tested for is the trip time when operated at under its 
> current rating. It is not uncommon especially as the breakers age or have 
> been tripped repeatedly, to trip at less than 100% of its rating. I've 
> replaced breakers many times that would trip when under 80-95% of its rated 
> load after several minutes.

I can confirm that I have also seen this behavior.  In my experience this 
happens after breakers have been run near load limits for months to years.

Cheers,
 	Bruce



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