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Hey,

Is any one out there using the check_apc_pdu plugin?

I'm wondering what the load value is exactly?
What is the 14? I'm trying to figure out our current amp usage.

So I know we have a 30amp circuit and want to monitor our current usage and set off alarms if we go above a set amount.

brandon.pal wrote:What is the 14? I'm trying to figure out our current amp usage.

My guess is that's your current load in amps. Means you're a little under 50% utilization. I checked out the code and there wasn't a lot in the way of comments explaining what the output is, but I didn't do a full code audit so there could be something in the supporting documentation or the variable names.

My Amp draw at the moment is about 3 so the 14 is sadly not that. I could not find anything in the code to make sense of it.

Well, 14% of 30Amps is 4.2 so that's pretty close to your utilization.

Sounds right. It was a bit off so I was thinking maybe it was something else.

Now If I run the script in Nagios is there a way to add a graph ?

If you have performance data being processed, it will generate a graph without further configuration. The portion after pipe (|) is what nagios or more sepecifically pnp will use to generate graphs and things.

Your output:
OK: All Outlets ok. |load=14