[BBLISA] PDU Power Ratings?

[Jeff Wasilko]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 12:30:35PM -0400, Scott Danek wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 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!

APC makes them at least:

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP7802

Better thing might be to upgrade to 20A 208V.

30A 120V gets you 3600 watts
20A 208V gets you 4160 watts.

-j