meadowfield 1,900 #1 Posted November 19, 2014 Arrived at work this morning and was greeted by one of our software managers asking for some advice...I goes up to our server room and it stinks of rotten eggs, my first thought was batteries. So I ran to my PC to check my suspicions. Goes back upstairs and evacuates the whole floor.We go through the motions of health and safety before calling the fire brigade.... 4 units turn up, two ambulances and the dibble!Resulting in thisAnd thisTurns out that a power supply failed causing our backup batteries to cook, that means they released hydrogen sulphide gas. Which is really explosive and extremely toxic.So a few of us that spent time in the room were already suffering from sore eyes and bad throats. Inevitably the ambulances were called for a few of us!Good news is we are all ok 2 diggerjames and Lauber1 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jparkes43 27 #2 Posted November 19, 2014 glad your all ok seems that you got lucky, quite an interesting day for sure james Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #3 Posted November 19, 2014 Lucky people. That could have had very serious consequences. Your manager was a bit slow though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diggerjames 543 #4 Posted November 19, 2014 Stroll on. Mark a bit of excitement there mate hope your all ok bud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amcrules00 24 #5 Posted November 20, 2014 Glad to hear... you pulled through Mark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel 1,877 #6 Posted November 20, 2014 can you feel a claim coming on mark=more wheelhorses 1 Ian reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #7 Posted November 20, 2014 Never a dull moment eh? Seriously though, glad you all made it out uninjured from what could of been a nasty situation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf-uk 914 #8 Posted November 21, 2014 I am really pleased you are fine and are not suffering any after effects. More people these days are putting UPS batteries within Data Centres to avoid the need for additional battery cooling elsewhere and to increase the efficiency of the Data Centre (PUE). The volatile nature of batteries is often overlooked in the drive for energy efficiency. Iain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
