Looking for any ideas....
We have a medium size computer room with a large UPS. We discovered during a power failure that the UPS will last longer than the room temperature. We have a portable AC unit that was used when the main AC unit was being repaired. Now it just sits in the corner like a forgotten droid.
I'm thinking we could attach the portable AC unit to the UPS and have it to turn on automatically in the event of a power failure. That way, we can take full advantage of the UPS instead of forcing shutdowns when the room temperature gets too high. Any ideas or suggestions for how that could be accomplished? A UPS outlet that only turns on during power failure would be perfect. :)
My thoughts are some device that senses main power failure and triggers some sort of relay device. The relay device could be plugged into the UPS and the...