[ale] UPS

[Sean Kilpatrick]

To find out what was wrong with my unit, I hauled it down to the nearest 
Batteries + outlet.  The clerk there easily pulled the batteries and 
discovered that one had about half its rated amperage left, and the other 
was essentially flat.  New batteries did not revive the unit  and he 
generously offered to deal with the carcass for me.

But Batteries + has all sorts of batteries for UPS units. Iwouldn't think 
of looking anywhere else for replacements.

Sean

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On Monday, February 04, 2013 05:31:32 pm Michael Nolan 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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