[rescue] The HP D250

[Andrew Weiss]

I got back from trucking this thing home this weekend and lugging the rack
up the stairs.... Jeebus these are heavy.... and I took all the skins off,
the tray out, and the counterweights out (those are a huge load all by
themselves).  My question is this... both the Jamaica enclosure and the D
class are set to run on 230V and the PDU is the 230 V variety with the 230V
blower fan tray.  I can switch the server to 115, and the back of the
Jamaica says use 230V or 115V, so I assume it is auto-switching (caveats?).
I would really like to actually run the cage fans and strip.  Can I get a
stepup transformer of some kind and safely/reliably do this?  The ratings
are 230V 18A, but I know it can't possibly draw that much amperage from
merely a D250, a fan tray, and JBOD.  The PDU is just a 230V power strip.
The pdu's power strip plugs are inverted computer power cables (male
connectors).  The wall plug for the pdu is a 250V 30A twist-lock.  Should I
do plug surgery and get a 220V normal outlet and a stepup transformer?

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Andrew J. Weiss
Field Network Engineer
En Pointe Technologies
aweiss at enpointe.com, ajwdsp at cloud9.net