Still showing dead 

Both show as dead. I am using the L3 so just inputting it in the miner configuration page. So that would be CGminer? Let me try using just one pool and see what happens.

But then what happens in a scenario when one pool goes down? I want to do all of these configuration and testing before I send these miners to my hosting provider so asking these silly questions to avoid future headaches.

Where are they located?

What hardware or model you are using to mine dash? is it antminer D3?
there is a good setup that you can follow from bitmain you can check it here https://bitmainhelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002112313-Connecting-your-D3-miner-to-Antpool

Maybe you miss something that is why you are not getting rewards or you are just using other setup that is why you are not getting any rewards. check it carefully...

Per my experience, stay away from the Bitmain power supplies. They are poorly manufactured and fail all the time.

When you use a quality server PSU, they have many protections built in to protect the $30k server they were originally attached to. If there is a problem with the power they will shut themselves down to prevent damage and most certainly will not pass those issues along to the mining hardware. If something does burn up in the power supply the breaker should trip before any damage is done. Ive run tens of thousands of miners and never once used any kind of in line surge protector.

Examples of the PSUs I am talking about:

http://www.parallelminer.com/product-category/power-supply-kit/

Your power supply is what should be protecting the miners. This is why you use repurposed server PSUs and not ATX psus that were never meant for high load 24/7 operation. If you have a quality power supply, the only surge protection you need is from your breakers.