Server Power Cable!

[Rektagon]

So today my used dell power edge 1950 that I bought arrived at my house! Upon further inspection I found out that in there was NO POWER CABLE!!!! So the first thing I did was to pull out both power supplies and look at what voltage they took and they take 100-120 volts but I went to dell's website and they have a replacement power cable that used 125 volts!!! So do I buy it and use dell's replacement power cable or do I get an off brand power cable that uses 120 volts? Plz help me ASAP! I want to get this server running ASAP!

[ERSCreeper]

So today my used dell power edge 1950 that I bought arrived at my house! Upon further inspection I found out that in there was NO POWER CABLE!!!! So the first thing I did was to pull out both power supplies and look at what voltage they took and they take 100-120 volts but I went to dell's website and they have a replacement power cable that used 125 volts!!! So do I buy it and use dell's replacement power cable or do I get an off brand power cable that uses 120 volts? Plz help me ASAP! I want to get this server running ASAP!

We have two of them at work and we use just standard kettle plugs.

[Rektagon]

We have two of them at work and we use just standard kettle plugs.

But will that hurt the server if I use something more than 120v?

[W-L]

So today my used dell power edge 1950 that I bought arrived at my house! Upon further inspection I found out that in there was NO POWER CABLE!!!! So the first thing I did was to pull out both power supplies and look at what voltage they took and they take 100-120 volts but I went to dell's website and they have a replacement power cable that used 125 volts!!! So do I buy it and use dell's replacement power cable or do I get an off brand power cable that uses 120 volts? Plz help me ASAP! I want to get this server running ASAP!

 

Just make sure the cable is a standard plug that works and of sufficient gauge to handle to load. Most power cables theses days are either 18AWG or 16AWG.

[dalekphalm]

But will that hurt the server if I use something more than 120v?

It should be fine. The PSU itself will determine how much draw is coming through the cable. The cable is just "rated" to a voltage of 125V, but could run at any voltage lower then that.

 

All it means is that the cable has wires that are a specific wire gauge that can handle 125V of power.

[pwn_intended]

A standard ATX a power cable is the same as ANY OTHER ATX power cable.

The exception is if it uses a C-19 plug instead of the normal one that 99.99999% of computers/monitors have used since computers existed.

C-19 are used in SOME server applications and I have seen a couple old Dell XPS systems with them.

http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9877

[ERSCreeper]

But will that hurt the server if I use something more than 120v?

We use the 220V system, the PSU's determine what is drawn from the wall.

[Rektagon]

Yes! I thank all of you! I found a 125v 10a kettle plug in my wirebox and its works like a charm! Again I can't thank you guys enough!