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

[Van Loggins]

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:
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> I would have suspected this too if the seller didn't have good feedback.
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> this is his store site on ebay
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> http://stores.ebay.com/Gruber-Power-Services
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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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