Rack Mount Cabinets

Step 12: (Optional) Install Reserve Power

Reserve Battery Cabinet Components/Cables

WARNING! Battery cables that exit the cabinet(s) are not UL listed because of possible incorrect installations. Have a licensed electrician install these cables.

The part names and descriptions of the reserve battery cabinet components and cables are shown in Table 5-2.

Table 5-2 Reserve Battery Cabinet Components/Cables for Rack Mount Cabinets

Option

Description

 

 

 

A three-meter long battery cable is used to connect reserve power batteries to the system

PBTC1A-3M

power supply when the system has less than three cabinets. One reserve power cable is

required for each cabinet in a one or two cabinet system. The cable connects the Strata rack

 

 

cabinet power supply directly to the battery terminals (a BBDB1A is not required).

 

 

 

Strata CTX reserve power battery distribution box is required when connecting reserve

 

power batteries to three or more cabinets. The box is field installed into one of the Strata CTX

 

cabinet side panels.

BBDB1A

The BBDB1A provides seven BBTC2A-2.0M, battery distribution cables to connect reserve

 

power from the BDDB1A box to each individual cabinet power supply.

 

One or two BBTC1A-2.0M must be ordered separately when using the BBDB1A battery

 

distribution box.

 

 

 

A two-meter battery cable used to connect reserve power batteries to the BBDB1A battery

BBTC1A-2.0M

distribution box. One reserve power cable is required in a three or four cabinet system and

two cables are required for five, six or seven cabinet systems. The cable connects Strata

 

 

CTX BBDB1A box directly to the battery terminals.

 

 

Important!

Reserve batteries can be installed in various configurations depending on backup

 

time (Table 5-1) and the number of cabinets (Figure 5-4). Use the guide in Figure

 

5-4for installing batteries, as required.

Rack Mount Cabinets

Strata CTX I&M 06/04

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Toshiba CTX28 manual PBTC1A-3M, BBDB1A