[ale] OT: question about replacing batteries in a APC UPS

[John C]

I've also had a lot of problems with APC.  Check out Powerware.
http://www.powerware.com/UPS/Products.asp


On 12/19/05, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've never had any issues with APC UPSs, but have known several people who
> had belkin or tripplites that croaked for no apparent reason.
>
> I've also never tried replacing the batteries in any of my units. They've
> all been running fine since the day I bought them (other than the one that
> got covered in about 4" of water, that one pretty much bit the dust :) )
>
> Also, at least from when I've been looking, the APC units tend to be the
> least expensive of the various UPSs out there, each time I've bought one,
> the belkins and tripplites were 10-25% more.
>
> WMM
>
> On 12/19/05, Van Loggins <vanloggins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I used to have a Minuteman XRT-1000 that I used for several years until
> > it finally died on me, that was the best UPS I have ever owned.
> >
> > Because I liked this unit so much I just bought a Minuteman Pro 700 UPS,
> > hopefully it will impress me just as much as it's older brother did when it
> > was alive and well. :)
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback guys. No more APC ups units for me.
> >
> > Van
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/19/05, Van Loggins <vanloggins at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > I would have suspected this too if the seller didn't have good
> > > feedback.
> > >
> > > this is his store site on ebay
> > >
> > > http://stores.ebay.com/Gruber-Power-Services
> > >
> > > this evening I am going to get my voltmeter out and test my old
> > > batteries and then test my "new batteries" to see how much juice they have.
> > > I may have to borrow my father's lawn mower battery charger so I can charge
> > > them up to see how much charge they will hold. I'm fairly certain that my
> > > APC Smart-UPS 1000 is shot though.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/19/05, James P. Kinney III < jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Those "brand new" batteries off of ebay are worn out. Go to
> > > > Batteries
> > > > Plus and buy really brand new ones. Take both sets of your old one
> > > > back
> > > > to them. They will handle the recycling of them (the batteries are
> > > > taken
> > > > apart and the lead is extracted and made into more batteries.)
> > > >
> > > > One of the biggest scams on EBay is "new" batteries for power
> > > > supplies.
> > > > The only way to tell is to do some serious charging circuit
> > > > monitoring
> > > > with manufacturing specs to compare with.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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