[ale] UPS

[Jim Kinney]

APC is a solid brand. No need to change due to a single unit failure.
Overload likely caused by battery shorting failure during a charge cycle.
Dead batteries can kill a UPS.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
> I was away this past weekend. When we got back Sunday afternoon the UPS
> that protects my box was buzzing. Although the computer and monitor were
> both turned off, the idiot light was blinking to indicate an overload!
>
> Testing indicated that the innards were fried, so replacing the nearly
> dead batteries wasn't going to help. (The unit was at least six years old.)
> This is somewhat odd, as no other electronics (all buffered by lightweight
> surge protectors) seem to be damaged: router, switches/hubs, printer,
> stereo, TVs, etc.
>
> So I could use some advice: get another uninterrupted power supply from
> APC or try a different brand?
>
> Sean
>
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