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YEAH Brian the Electrician is one of my favorite characters in the Linus Cinematic Universe
This is my first time seeing Brian the Electrician but I'll thumbs up for calling this the LCU.
Electro?
Magicwinguy 200ty like
Brian the hvac man
Amazing lol
"We need more clearance behind the UPS so we took out the wall which is where I plan to cram it full of loose crap."
From the fire and into the flames
An actual heart?
It was Colton's office anyways
@@msinfo32 its artificial.
Gotta keep the emergency hard drives warm so they're ready to use at a moments notice.
A boss I had in IT said, “The less you require a human to remember, the less errors you’ll get from him.” ETN blocking off access to the busbars without implying to check on them in an instruction sheet for the installer to SEE, is just bad design.
If those bus bars needed tightening before power-on, then there should of been a sticker/shield over the input connectors mentioning that. Once the input wiring is installed you'd have a hard time getting to the busbars.
@@ionstorm66 Even if someone opens it up I'm sure they will say something like only a qualified technician is allowed to open that under warranty, blah blah.
Is it possible that the fire was hot enough to dislodge the connectors? I have no idea how hot that fire got, or what the connectors were made of, but is it possible that both parties are wrong about the cause?
@@Hexen_Wulf Unless it literally got hot enough to melt them away I don't see how a fire is gonna unthread something.
@Saybro WT only as devils advocate not unthreaded but cracked. I have had so many old, stressed, ir corroded nuts split ir dissolve and the fire could do similar (though I may have misunderstood the arcing breakdown).
But if that happened there still should be the blackened debris at the bottom. Still suspect the supplier's fault.
Massive respect to Brian for not losing his cool when the "installer fault" thing came up. I work tech mainly, not installation, but I've been accused of some things that were in no way related to me. It's a terrible feeling, and to be perfectly honest, I've lost my cool on one or two on company reps when they were blatantly trying to weasel out of their responsibilities. Excuses are cheap and easy to come by when things go wrong. If there's one thing I hate, it's a coward.
Brian handled it as a true professional, and with a composure that I envy. As long as the problem gets solved, I'm happy, but it really rubs me the wrong way that they played it off like it was uncle jimbo with a hacksaw, instead of a trained professional who knows his stuff.
what i hate most in these cases is when they use more time and resources to find someone to blame it on instead of thinking about a solution. First comes the fix then we can talk about who to blame.
From what they say about their deal with eaton in this vid, I wouldn't be surprised if that was something eaton required to be in the video, seeing as they said that they made the vid in part to show how to do it correctly as part of their deal. I wouldn't be surprised if off camera linus was quite a bit more on brian's side.
I was once hired as an hardware/firmware R&D engineer, within a company that somehow ended up outsourcing all R&D...
All technical decisions where internally made by tech illiterate bozos, resulting in an endless stream of (often the same) stupid mistakes. It was always form over function, making maintenance a cesspool to swim through. The external firms would blame everything that went wrong with their garbage equipment on our internal technical personnel, them knowing that our tech-inept management would actually believe their excuses. I couldn't sleep in the end, got another job after only 1.6 years.
Companies coming up with stupid excuses, as shown in this video, get me all frustrated again.
@@Yo-ji4ud I wouldn't be surprised if Eaton wasn't gonna cover any of this until they (Linus and Brian) discovered this fault and were like "yo, wtf is this about? That's on you."
I was accused of taking down the whole corporate network when i was not even working. Not the only time. I left shortly after.
2017 - OUR SERVER ROOM IS ON FIRE OMFG (APRIL FOOLS)
2020 (with calm relaxing classical music) - Let us have a chatter about this combustion that had happened in our facilities over this cup of tea
They're probably like:
"meh, we have enough money to fix it."
I believe this actually happened back in 2019 and they explained it in a different video already
Everything is fine. (Take sip of tea)
Well they were not so chill in the wan show when that happend, they had months to think over it :D
hm
Eaton: "The UPS needs more room to breathe"
Linus: "Oh look at all this room for me to store stuff!"
I was thinking exactly this lol
To be fair, there is a difference between a solid wall behind it and a few feet of space with some bins on the floor, although if more large stuff gets crammed in there (which it probably will) that could really restrict airflow and become a problem.
@@Penguin_Spy chill
@@ericbower2256 ghhhg
@@ericbower2256 you should chill
I love how it's supposedly Brian's fault even though the thing is literally designed to fail if they don't have an Eaton tech installing it.
Well it's his fault for not being an Eaton tech. /s
@@namAehT LMAO
I've installed hundreds of these things and had no problem reading installations instructions and doing it correctly. I'm neither an electrician nor an Eaton tech. This is a straight up case of rtfm.
@@flyingtentacle7631 I totally agree, but this wasn't Brian's responsibility.
If I hire an electrician to hardwire 240V to my table saw, I would not expect him to take apart my saw to check the wiring inside.
The person who should have rtfm is whoever was responsible for ensuring the servers had a UPS.
Given the number of products Eaton makes I don't think an Eaton tech would have made a difference.
Funny how Eaton blamed installer failure but I have heard of those older units causing fires in the exact way LTTs did lol
Eaton:
"You need more clearence behind the unit."
Linus:
"Great, I needed a place to stack a bunch of bins!"
I really thought linus was smarter than this honestly.
thankgod it wasnt just me lol linus will be linus 🤣🤣🤣
Maybe the new generation dosen't need the extra space behind
It needs only like a foot to breathe. It won't be doing the Moonwalk...
@@LazyRASHO There's also no cardboard or other easily combustible materials. Linus didn't do anything inherently wrong, and I am almost certain he was making a point, but it's entertaining none-the-less.
Eaton: "The ups needs more clearance behind it"
REMOVES PART OF THE WALL
Linus: "ooooooooh that gives me more space for my crap"
RIGHT lmao
I doubt what he put there is actually a problem, but it did sound quite dumb.
linus: puts locks on server front door also linus, puts magnetic doors in the back
security through obscurity
The enter/return button exists
The magnetic doors do not interrupt the server unit?
That is called a backdoor ;)
@XRFiltration I think those puny magnets with a few feet distance won't cause much interference, No.
Brian the electrician has to be my favourite side character in this anime.
Fa.. Correct!
Top 10 Anime Betrayals
Brian Refrigeration.
I love how Bryan the Electrician is now a staple recurring character in the Linus Tech Tips anime.
the linus cinematic universe
I love how aggressively Canadian he is.
Not surprising If you're not a pleb and read the manga.
It's always heartwarming when an EU character that fans love gets added to the mainline canon.
That’s Eaton trying to cover their ass. As a Union Electrician I can tell you with utmost certainty that Brian is 100% correct. We terminate building circuit power into equipment at the point the equipment manufacturer provides. We are not to “mess” with buss bars unless lugs are attached to them for supply termination. I would look into the installation literature and see what it says about install procedures.
As not an electrician and a man commenting on a 3 year old video, I can tell you I 100% agree. It's egregious they even attempted to blame that on someone else, much less "air flow" haha. What a trash company.
"That's you with a tool, Linus."
"Well yeah i didn't want to host the video myself."
What a sick burn
so he can order a/c right.. can not do space for air flow.. and can not lift thing... what a tool...
+
I didn't even get the joke until you walked me through it.
@@1900maniac such wise words
biggggg stretch
"Do you have 2x4s?"
"Yes, I have 2x4s!"
"Does this pallet have 2x4s?"
😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣
Eaton was so convinced Linus would f*** it up again they sent him a free climate monitor at their loss because they figured it would be a long term cost savings 🤣
I'm sure they're eating a huge loss on a part they probably sell for $1000 but actually cost like $15.
Well he already paid 2k for the warranty, so they shouldn't care much.
@@rolerroleris533 When they have him on the hook for the warranty that is when they should care because they get payed and if it doesn't fail they don't have to repair it.
@ warranty in my country for everything is a lie..
@@obadanw here it really comes down to the company honoring it
"Hey, you need clearance behind the unit"
Linus: "great, that's where I can store all my shit"
maybe they added more room than was needed for clearence.
@@Ramog1000 and it's not like a full wall
tbf its clear at the end of the video why this one needs clearance, its units are deeper than the old one
also i hope it will only be this stuff and not much more, than it will be fine, it's realy not much he did put there.
This video killed me
-Planning to store stuff behind the UPS in the clearance area
-Not wearing PPE and even worse, open toes shoes when moving equipment
-Literal backdoor to the server room without any noteable locks or security measures.
"if you're gonna go kaboom i'm gonna go kaboom too"
hell yeah, a true bro.
Linus is a real homie for brian
*server room locks*
"Oh hey look at these magnetic walls that come off giving access to the server room! "
I actually scrolled down thru the comments to see if anyone else thought that. LOL.
Not the most secure thing I've ever seen...
well since its magnetic he could always get those magnetic locks with a touch pad or other form of security protection that way all he has to do is put the security code in and it would unlock the panels.
The protection will be that he puts a giant pile of tech stuff in front of these doors.
Well to be fair it'd probably be easier to just kick the door down rather than move that steel and battery beast to go through 😅
2017: "April fools: server room catches fire"
2020: "server room actually catches fire"
Am I alone to see a trend...
So by 2023 Linus will be exposed for the inept boss he truly is?
@@zeldatrek Let's hope this one ain't true and that it's not predicting the future
@@christobacon1 Yes
@@zeldatrek shush dont reveal the secret's
More proof that Linus Tech Tips will be owned by Nvidia
As a contractor I love when he has contractors on the show for a good laugh
Linus is genuinely one of the most reasonable people I've watched online. When he mediated both sides there and could have gotten angry at either side instead, as the customer... Idk man he's just a class guy even if he wears socks and sandals and then drops heavy things on them, we all have our flaws
Tech: hey, u need room behind this
Linus: I'm glad we have room back here now so I can fill it with stuff
Right that is major fire hazards
Dudes an actual danger to everyone in that house.
@@redhammer92 that is very much not a house.
@@mollykalk8240 wouldnt plastic and metal just slow down the spread lol
@@handlmycck just yesterday near my house a big metal shed full of plastic for recycling caught fire. It was declared a major incident and had over 20 fire crews on it and it was still out of control. Plastic does not slow down fire lol, even fire retardant stuff is only self extinguishing after so many seconds. It'll burn for that time though.
1:40 "you need some clearance behind this unit" 8 seconds later 1:48 'great i can fill that space with some bins and stuff'
makes a better fire?
@@billfusionenterprise This is cursed
Brian the Electrician finally getting the intro he deserves
"We need clearance behind the servers," immediately followed by "I'm gonna put some storage containers right here."
The man who professionally installed my equipment said I needed space back here (For airflow). I can't wait to put things here and make it not have any clearance.
lol
I mean, having airflow doesn't mean having nothing in that space. It simply means it needs physical space to be able to push air around.As long as they don't start taking the space back there for granted and store large items, having a few part bins on the floor won't affect air flow much.
in other word.. linus just don't know shit about eletricnoic... he treat it like there are space so just throw it in there..
@@campkira in other words you don't know shit about electronics since it's an aerodynamic mistake not electrical
@@campkira His channel is literally called Linus TECH Tips. I think he knows at least a little bit about electronics.
I'm getting strong "we have to be nice to Eaton or they wouldn't give us a new one, but it's totally their fault" vibes from this 😂
oh 100% anyone who knows even a slight bit about eletronics knows its not the electricians job to fucking open the machine up like that. thats totally their fault and they know it. they just knew how bad the pr would be if they fucked over ltt here
@@noname-goodname4539 It's up to the installer to to a final check. Even if the company do a check up on their side before sending the unit, at the end, once the installer takes the unit and installs it, it's up to them to validate that it's in the expected configuration.
Faut is still on Eaton for shipping a bad unit, but saying that it's not the installer job is wrong. It's like saying it's not up to a mecanic to warn you about issues with your car if it's not something they worked on recently...
@@arakwar oh hell no. The installer is exactly that the installer.. Not QC.. You expect the guy wall mounting your tv to open it up and check it? How far does that check have to go? The electrician is supposed to open and physically inspect the inside of the RCD before it's installed? That fire is entirely eatons fault. Not even ventilation would have prevented a fire from missing lock nuts..
@@arakwar That's like saying that your CPU fried because *you* forgot to check the soldering quality between die and heat spreader when installing your new EPYC 64 core monster.
Arakwar Disagree. Taking your car analogy, it would be more similar to purchasing a car and having the engine seize because there was no oil, then the dealer blaming you for not checking before you drove away. While the plate was removable and the issue could have been spotted, as was alluded to in the video, there’s no need or indication to remove components during installation, so why would a reasonable person unnecessarily disassemble a new device? Yes, there’s fault on both sides for failure of the unit, but it seems unlikely that lack of air circulation is the cause of a clear electrical fire.
That's not installation failure. Eaton just didn't wanna look bad. But Brian seems to be cool headed so it didn't phase him. Because Eaton essentially said it was his fault 😬. My step brother went through the same thing because he helps factories with their servers and he called whoever does ours and had a long talk so to speak.
Hi Linus, im an old it Infrastructure guy and i would recommend you to seperate the UPS from the IT Rack. its enough to build a fire blocking barrier with a "rigips" wall of 2 layers.
‘You need room behind the unit!’
Linus: ‘I’ma stick all my bins and stuff back here! :D’
Ahahah. I was thinking that too
Least we’re all on the same page 🤘😂
As long as the bins create a fire hazard there is no problem. It is good stuff for making a video. After it burns down again.
need matterial to burn for the fire bro
@@LovelyDoetje if they're plastic bins, the next video could be interesting...
"you need tons of empty space behind the unit"
Linus: this is great cuz now I can put bins in here for all my cables!
hahaha made me laugh also
LOL, i came to comment this same thing while watching the video
"Do you wanna give us a short?" I was so waiting for Brian to just point at the short in the board lmao.
I really love these type of vids! So entertaining and educational!
Linus: "I ordered the wrong air conditioner twice"
Corsair doesn't sell All In Ones or heat sinks that big
its linus. he will figure it out some day.
@@satakrionkryptomortis he'll try to liquid cool the building
Future video: sub-zero air conditioning
@@thalente8074 Like he did with the office a few years back or by filling it with water?
@@TheRavenCoder arrite that's funny
Eaton: You need more airflow
Linus: okay I'll rip out the wall behind it then fill the airflow space with bins
Electrician: Clear out this space
*Linus clears out space*
*Linus sees empty space*
Linus: This is a great place to store stuff
Scary stuff... This is pretty much my worst nightmare. I'm glad everyone and (mostly) everything is ok!
"The UPS needs clearance behind it"
*Places more shit behind it after removing the wall*
They tell something to linus and he fucks it anyway around 😂
this is such a big no-no in a server room. You don't want anything laying around, especially stuff that can catch fire. Then again, I think their entire serverroom is pretty much made out of plaster and such, so except for the insulation that they used, that thing is not gonna be very fire resistant lol.
For a room full of such expensive equipment, you would really think they would find a better home for it.
Classic Linus
@@xorinzor That entire room makes me uncomfortable every time I see it!
13:55
Director: Linus
Host: Linus
Brian: Brian
Brian: No need for an introduction
big brain
@@ethantorres4061 Big Brian*
@@FireSiku Nah cringe
I haven't watched a LTT video in so long I missed Linus hitting Puberty! Congrats buddy!
I love Linus but some of the server room stuff makes me cringe with my being a sysadmin and running our datacenter. It'd be nice to see some more best practices applied in that area
Aceoyame I'm sure that they do this at this point for comedic value.. they probably make more money from posting fail videos and seeing all the views
I mean sure the tech could assume that it should have been done this way and that way from the factory, but if you've never done something before.. as a professional read the manual. always read the manual..
if you're at home and it's whatever sure try doing it without the manual. but not professionally..
Was totally thinking the same; as IT engineer; holy crap, seeing this got me so mad ahah; how the f**k did this server room is not on fire every week !
The worst one for me was the video where they were filling the rack back up from top to bottom.
Hey, mind if I ask if I should take any special precautions with an APC smart UPS 1000 I keep in my bedroom to power 2 QNAP NAS? Seeing this video got me slightly worried.
@@LemonRush7777 should be fine as long as it's able to exhaust it's heat properly and doesn't have any liquid sources or anything particularly flamable nearby
do you need help with fire protection?
I recommend installing FM-200 or NOVEC 1230 Fire suppression system in your server room, it will help stoping the fire before losing your equipment specially if you have critical equipment that are expensive or that your work flow critically depends on.
You also should do fire risk assessment and know what are the hazards that your place have and what is the most effective way to protect your employees and Equipment.
BTW you could get returns on your insurance policy and Taxs.
People, please Like this comment so we can finally stop worrying about good ol' Linus and the crew...
its really no need for what linus has. i think that was a human mistake and its better like he said in the video to make a control every 6 months or every year
@@TheGentry000 No, Mohammad is right, that is a commercial facility with an obviously unsafe server room. It is just a disaster waiting to happen.
Good recommendation but a VESDA smoke detection system along with proper electrical maintenance should suit his application. FM200 may be expensive, and it seems as though the place is cramped enough already to worry about piping and cylinder installation.
I love Linus and it's awesome how he built up his company, but having this as a "server room" is just begging for a catastrophe to happen. Putting 100's of thousands in equipment into a basically hole in a wall, I just can't understand. I've seen a mainframe room and how the whole building was built around it, taking into consideration every major requirement (climatisation, battery backup, huge generator backup, fire suppression system, noise isolation etc). More and more companies couldn't even exist if something happened to their IT infrastructure, and still they cheap out on making it more reliable/robust.
Front of server room: MASSIVE secure door
side: magnetic door to the powersupply
Snake? SNAKE? SNAAAAKEEEEE
Thanks for sharing this. Quite new and interesting.
i just love everything about this channel
"I ordered the wrong air conditioner twice." Best part of the video.
I never had AC 😁
@@ACOnetwork ACO network more like AC NO network.
Because he applies the same "I'll do it myself instead of paying people who know what they're doing" mentality to his house that he does his business.
3:48 "do you want to give us a short explanation of what were looking at here"
Ya Linus, you let the magic smoke out.
Linus: “Let me carry the weight :V”
Also Linus: “oh frick put it down XP”
"My perfectly adequately protected foot" - Linus who wears socks and sandals even in business attire
Nice cat
Bruh theres gotta be a subreddit for this... r/kindofwooooshed?
@@potatoesarelyfe4706 bruh what's up with your name noob
Yup that is the joke
@@aarnav3696 like yours is any better?
I like how the server room door has a lock on it ( I recall from previous episodes and for good reason), Yet the wall is completely removable, without keys.
Looking at it I doubt there's room to get past the UPS and access the servers from the back of the room...
Besides if anyone *really* wants access, that's just a plasterboard wall, magnetic doors or not you could be in there in a few minutes with your bare hands.
Actually, just while I'm on physical security, the main door to the server room has :
1. A big vent in the bottom.
2. Hinges on the outside.
The lock is there only to keep honest people out.
@@davidbarrett6434 likely more to keep any visitors (workmen, delivery people, etc...) from accessing it
"No, it's you with tools."
Truer words have never been spoken.
11:40 Respect to Linus dude "if you're gonna go kaboom then I'm gonna go kaboom too, let's do it"
Linus: "does this pallet have any 2x4's in it"
Also.Linus: proceeds to use a 4x4 to lift unit
Ikr
Yeah, and no explanation, that pallet didn't have any 4x4s in it,
@@jaykoerner It has a 4x4 on one side and two 2x4s for the center support and the other end. Not sure why it's asymmetrical.
@@IndianaTony TLDR: I know too much about pallets
that's weird, but I work at home depot and we get weird pallets from time to time as well, the pallet refurbishers sometimes make Frankenstein pallets, my favorite is when the take the parts of 2 skinny (euro) pallets a make it so that every other board goes to the middle support from a different side instead of every board just going straight across, that and the pallets that are clearly made from the parts of CHEP brand pallets(also called blue pallets, or the broad term is 4 way entry) because they are painted blue, CHEP does their own refrubishing and only rents pallets so once the are no longer being use they are supposed to go back, and not doing so is theft, so that likely happened somewhere else and the pallet was just shipped around
Linus: Make sure the door to the server room has a lock on it!
Also Linus: We cut out this wall to make access panels held on with magnets!
Big Brain
Greats, and, fun vidoe. Congratulations on getting to 11 million subscribers. Good job by a great team.
People: UPS
Linus: UP-ow
"Yeah I do refrigeration, now."
!~Brian the Refrigerator~!
I know, HVAC, but still.
Brian the electrician, Brian Refrigeration
Brian the refrigerator LOL did you mean to say Brian the air conditioner
He's a real cool-ant, dude!
Linus: "Why you got to emasculate me like that..............Oh god that's heavy"
Question asked and answered
The beard makes up for any emasculation.
Certified UPS service engineer, I have worked on a number of Eaton units from 1U to power racks their quality was never the best and are prone to failures. I can’t tell or find out if you have bypass switches installed in the event of a power down scenario for the UPS ( replacement batteries or change of unit or no load testing) recommend that one is in place. I highly recommend RIELLO power racks, modular design super user friendly and with number of fail safes ( auto load transfer in the event of a failure) that’s just my opinion
UA-cam: A network something caught fire.
Me: Sounds like Linus.
UA-cam: Duh.
When your locked server room, has an unlocked backdoor.
Don't worry, he'll have so much stuff piled in front of those that they'll never open again.
@@FergyA Linus: EEYYY
@@FergyA Not to mention an immovable object(UPS) probably blocking up the entire passage. Thats not something that you can move in a hurry without a lot of swearing and huffing. And probably destroying something along the way.
First Name: Brian
Middle Name: The
Last Name: Electrician
Actually it's Brian 'The Electrician' Refrigeration
nickname: Electrifying
Destined for greatness
Brian the Man, he does everything from computing, refridgerants, electrician, etc etc
Love watching this stuff
Eaton: "Fine. We'll help you out."
Linus: "This is a colossally stupid design."
To be fair to Eaton they did have to give their approval to this video
Companies are always looking for feedback... With no feedback they can not fix anything. Companies who do nothing on feedback fails. SO Eaton hearing that comment will now think, Oh ... I guess that was a bad design on our part... Let us make it better for the customer for the next device.
YamiSpyro2011 Or risk...Linus: our Eaton unit caught on fire...here is our NEW XYZ brand to replace it”.
It's not a problem. This kind of industrial hardware doesnt have to deal with the fickleness of consumers.
@@PlzDontKillDave funny story.. Because the new one did not have the same design flaw and they didnt even hear the comment yet.
Brian: "Do you have any 2x4s?"
Linus: "Yes I have 2x4s!"
> ends up using 4x4
Omg yes lol. I died. Also the way they would have to mount the 2or it wouldnt lift the unit by 4 inches. It would only lift it by 2. If we are being technical it would lift it by 1.5 inches
everyone knows 2x4 is just a catch all for piece of wood that someone has lying around
@@Lucidilluminate I believe the plan was to use the 2 by 4's on their side to get 4 inches of lift, which would have been sketchy AF lol
@@WyattWinters yeah it would have. Also in any type of construction, carpentry, furniture making etc job no one says 2x4's for scrap pieces of board. Idk what the other guy means. It's a good thing he used the 4x4. It was probably a little safer
2x2
A mechanic used one of those impact swivels to fix my tractor mower and it really cool.
We need more Brian the electrician. Awesome combo with linus.
Linus: Has a super secure door on his server room.
Also Linus: Puts magnet panels... also into his server room
Every enterprise I've worked for had the server room door as one of the most secure in the building. Obvious because all the valuable data is behind that door.
Masiosare II The data is certainly backed up elsewhere, but the hardware is hundreds of thousands of dollars, plus the days of lost productivity.
To be fair the UPS probably plugged in most of the hole and it is so heavy to move, it can be considered as immoveable.
In the credits:
" *Brian* - Brian the Electrician"
In the credits:
" *Floor* " - Floor the floor
Where is the link to download him?
@@emeraldwolf1963 Floor gang ough
Linus : **secures the server room with a double door that locks**
Also Linus : **puts 2 doors that don't even lock at the other side of the server room**
"But you didn't have to cut me off..."
Thats why yearly maintenance by an UPS expert is so important. We check the system and the batteries to make sure everything is fine. Certain parts need replacement over the years. But by doing so you can ensure a much longer time before a replacement gets necessary! Than those can run more than 20 years.
A locked door and fence door, "high" security all of that but we can just lift the wall panels off.
That's what I thought.
5000 IQ robbery.
Well, i mean, if those batteries block the rest of the space, it isn't going to be easy to move them.
Lol exactly
I mean, from what I see, you can only really access the UPS from the magnetic doors.
And that UPS is *SO* heavy, especially with all the batteries and power units on. Would you expect someone to try and steal that?
Plus it is not like the black market for $2000 batteries is very big. No one would buy a used Eaton battery from a random guy that does not have a receipt.
In comparison, some of the servers in the front are a lot more valuable and a lot lighter. It is also a lot easier to sell standard server hardware than specialized battery equipment.
And I guess when Linus moved to that office, he was scared that someone may try to do funny business to his servers, but he realized that no one even tried to enter his building since 2015 so he does not care anymore.
I was a Maintenance supervisor at a Nestle plant. We would have a company come in every year to check the connections in every panel of our MCC rooms. They used a thermal camera and you could see the loose fasteners. They would become loose because of repeated thermal expansion and cooling over the years.
Not to mention most of these companies use cheap zink bolts, locks, and nuts. Also good for them to check the bus bar because it oxidizes over time. Especially copper.
Our sparkies just did that a couple months ago.
Linus put locks on your magnetic doors. Having an unlocked back door to your server room that the whole world now knows about defeats the purpose of having a lock on the main server room door.
Yup, in my place Large scale UPS need installation check and supervision from supplier before running it for the first time for the warranty to be valid
"I see it both ways"
aka
"Eaton I appreciate all that you've helped us with but that's pretty dumb and I'd like to keep my warranty"
Eaton: "You must have clearance behind the unit"
Linus: Makes room, "WOW, LOOK AT ALL THIS ROOM" plans to fill it back up again with combustible plastic bins.
@@xavier6foot8 There are different types of plastics. some with Fire retardant chemicals added, and others that dont
@@xavier6foot8 technically 'to combust' means to be consumed by fire. while you're correct that plastic melts rather than burns (because it's a product of petroleum), it technically still combusts.
Avery Thompson plastic definitely catches on fire
Well he's just gonna use them for cables, I don't think he meant it was going to be filled with bins rather the bins probably wouldn't take much space at all.
@@xavier6foot8 Plastic is basically solid oil.
At a product milestone, Microsoft managers gave out "Supersoakers". The old CRT monitors had high voltage and water made them catch fire.
The UPS scorching reminds me of an outlet that blew up in our studio at school. Like legit, scorched the brick around the cover plate, and melted part of the metal cover plate. I convinced administration to run us 20 amp lines for our lights after that, because we can. To be clear, the lights were not what cause the outlet to blow. The plug was an EATON plug as well, so lmao.
"I ordered the wrong air conditioner twice." Am I crazy i recall linus having like a huge segment on Wan show or something about how he was doing so much research into air con units.
Part of being smart is knowing what you know and knowing what you dont know. I've met mensa members who could barely do a simple task physically.
@@Michael-lg4wz may i know what kind of physical task they couldn't do ? just kinda curios not trying to debunk your story. Thanks :D
@@azew8402 and he never responded..
@@TheAlbaniaGaming it's kinda too short a time to make that conclusion, don't you think?
i do remember on wan telling he bought the wrong one
So you’re telling me this guy has a big bulky iron door securing the server room but a backdoor installed that can be opened by simply pulling out some wooden pieces? Sounds great!
NSA Approved.
It's probably not for physical security
There is chance backdoor are locked from inside, so first you need to open front door, unlock backdoor from inside of the room and then you can open it from outside. The same way as second door in wardrobe are locked. Simple mechanism, but you need to get inside first.
I think the door is for soundproofing. Servers are notoriously loud. I've been in ones that are at 100db
Free hard drives for ALL!
If the product requires attention beyond what the installer would normally need to interface with, then the product should come with a manual that states those things.
I, as a mechanic, would not buy a long-block to install for a customer and immediately remove the oil pan to verify the rod bolts were torqued to spec.
I like how Linus is so amazed at a socket swivel...
3:45 - now that's a TRUE Western Canadian accent if I've ever heard one.
Originally from Manitoba, can confirm. To be fair, it's more a rural accent, but yes.
@@CanuckGod Can confirm. That dude has merked some walleyes with a jig n a minnow.
i was about to comment on that
did he say bonfire or barn fire xd
Canadian Santa over here
The ltt " brian the electrician"-song was hilarious!
In the future they will need to change it to 'brian the refrigerant', I hope.
i need a 10hr loop of that song
I am not the only one that LOVES Linus' server videos.
"Short explanation" Good one Linus, you made a funny!
Alternate title:
Bryan gets bullied by Eaton
Bryan bullies Eatons shoddy work.
Eated by Eaton
So as someone who installs these Eaton UPS'es i can confirm there is always an Eaton engineer present. So how come you didnt get the engineer on the first install?
Also as an electrician. This was totally Eatons fault! :D
Also confusing how they power this one up on camera with no mention of the engineer being there at the time.
@@alexatkin He said 'inspection has been completed' just before they do the 'move in' Presumably the eaton tech didn't want to be on camera.
100% agreed! Bad QC by Eaton
@@cfrazee100 Who can blame him? I wouldn't want to be the face of the company that screwed up big time in a video about them screwing up big time.
@@kalebbruwer could have been a good chance for them to save face (get it?) if the guy was good on camera... but that's always a risky move unless its someone who's used to being on screen :)
Owned an Automotive Repair Center for 40 years. we had to replace our scopes and scanners yearly @ 10k per for scanners and 25-30k for scope consols .. replaced the power panels every 3-4 years from compressor load arching the BUS-BAR ... It ain't cheap being in the BIG CHAIR !!!
I’m a licensed aircraft mechanic and worked 11 years as biomedical technician. IMO, your electrician is in the right all the way. Unless there’s installation instructions or labeling on the external connections stating you must open the unit to verify settings the installer is off the hook and actually be liable if he opened the unit. There’s always the possibility that the company’s quality control is so bad that they have to have one of their tech on site to catch f...ups. Did the original unit come with such as I’ve mentioned above or did they require a tech on site for the first install?
3:15 - Linus: "We had to buy the warranty and service plan as well. I don't know. Maybe they don't trust us"
Uhhh, Linus? Do you think they watch yoru videos?
I'm going to have to side with Brian on this one, it smells of Eaton pulling a CYA and blaming the initial installer to me...
The air flow clearance I can understand but why in the world didn't they make it clear that the busbars need to be serviced and all that crap done at the time of install? Just my opinion haha
Because they want *their* techs to do stuff and not have any 3rd parties doing stuff. That's why there probably weren't any nuts on the unused power bars.
This happens with all sorts of industrial equipment. They make it so you need to pay them more to come install it because it has a 'specific install procedure'. Then another load of cash to 'service' the equipment which is mostly a quick once over, but oh sorry, service parts are extra sir despite the 5k annual fee you pay for the service contract!
Eaton should insist on it being installed by them if it has random loose parts in that need to be clamped down before it's tied in if that was actually what happened here. Just looks a little suspect from here on the couch.
Completely agree Eaton saved some money on the build, blames the customer so that future customers pay up for a $1500 Technician commissioning.
There is a reason why they fulfilled the warranty.
Did Linus just say Pinner? That's a hella deece thing to say.
Technician: We need more clearance
Linus: cool we'll rip the wall off.. and put some junk back there
Linus's grand unveiling of the new UPS at 6:00 and all I saw was his sandals!!!
Linus: Server costs in the 10s of thousands
Also Linus: Uses power squids to power it
to be fair he did say he didn't like them in his server room
Linus the Minus strikes again.
the ups actually failed around a year ago, there is a wan show clip somewhere in which they discuss it. I think Linus was only using squids to keep things running until the replacement ups arrived. he did say it had him on edge not having the redundancy of a battery backup
It was worse a few years ago, he had so many power strips and squids there were multiple times where he accidentally shut down a server with his foot and claimed it had just "crashed"
@@Wiki7202 no not 1 year more like 6 months