[ale] UPS

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I have plan's to mod the APC UPS in my rack with 245ah
batteries, instead of the ~10ah that is in the 3000va unit stock.


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Michael Nolan <michaeldnolan at gmail.com>wrote:

> In the past ~15 years, I've probably been through about 20 UPS units, and
> had the best service out of APC. All of the 5 units I have now are APC.
>
> The last set of replacement batteries I bought were DOA, and I bought them
> through the APC website, via a "recommended" partner. I could get APC to do
> nothing about this and they offed me to the third party vendor who wanted
> me to ship the batteries back at my expense and wait until they evaluated
> them before replacement.
>
> These were APC labeled batteries and this apparently how they handle
> replacements now.
>
> This would have left me with no backup on some critical and expensive
> electronics. So I reconfigured using other units I already had.
>
> APC in the past has been very good, but I don't know what is going on with
> their change in the way replacement batteries are handled.
>
> The batteries sit on the bench untouched since, and this thread may or may
> not reawaken me to do something about it.
>
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