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November 21, 2006

Idiot of the Day

Filed under: Uncategorized — SirGolan @ 12:20 pm

And the idiot of the day award for yesterday goes to the electrician who was overheard saying “Hey! Maybe this big red button in the server room is the air conditioner’s power switch I’m looking for!” Just before lifting the protective plastic cover around the button and pushing it. That was the Emergency Power Off (EPO) button for our server room which causes the UPS to physically disconnect its batteries and switch itself off. Needless to say, this is not very good for servers. I didn’t get everything back online until late last night. What’s even better is that the electrician’s company installed the EPO button in the first place about 4 months ago.

Is it just me, or is a big red button under a plastic cover not something that should just be pressed for the heck of it? Even if you know nothing about electrical codes (and why there needs to be a big red button in a server room and all), big red buttons are not something to hit unless it’s an emergency and you know what you’re doing.

BTW, if you are wondering, the red button is there in case of a fire. It is pressed to make sure that the combination of water from the sprinklers and power from the UPS will not electrocute any firemen. :) Running servers while they are getting wet is also a bad idea. They have a much better chance of surviving a fire if they are shut off before they get wet– assuming it’s not the servers that are on fire.

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