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SUA1500 noise while on battery (plug pull)?

I have two SUA1500 running in a room. Both have devices attached to them. I pulled the wall plug for both tonight and they went about doing their business of keeping my devices powered on. However, I n...
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Floor lamp, at low brightness, causes issue with a SUA1500?

I have a 15A circuit to which is connect a floor lamp, with two 72W Halogen bulbs (new type), and two SUA1500. When the floor lamp is set to max brightness there's no issue. When I turn the lamp to i...
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legacy communications card in an SMT series UPS

Hi all I am trying to find out if when the legacy communications card is installed in an SMT3000 the built-in serial and USB ports will continue to work? The other thing I would like to know is if I ca...
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SC 1500 interface woes.

What i am trying to accomplish is connecting my sc 1500 battery backup power supply to my CAD workstation so I can monitor the backup's status. If im not mistaken i can also monitor my computers power ...
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Calculate power feed requirement

Hi guys, Would somebody please be able to help me with this question. I have 2x 5000VA (22A) units and 1x 3000VA (10A) unit. Each unit is loaded in this way 1) 5000VA - 2150W 2) 5000VA - 2140W 3) 3000A...
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Smart UPS 1000 RM batteries show signs of melting bubbling

A few days ago my Smart UPS 1000RM (the unit was purchased in January of 2008 and installed at that time) indicated that the batteries (original) needed to be replaced, I ordered new batteries and went...
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Smart-UPS - online output power limited?

Our Smart-UPS 1000 RM is running at high capacity (around 90% load in watts) and is due to be replaced. We suspect that load is currently (occasionally) increasing beyond 100% during heavy operations (...
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ATS and remote outlet control

I am looking to have my ups's switch from ups to utility if power fails, and also want to control outlets remotely to power down equipment, any help will do. Thanks.
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SURT3000XLI FAULT

Hi There, I have one UPS that sometimes, with low load and beeing connected to mains, does the following: - stops inverter and goes to bypass - lights up fault led - lights up permanently battery leds ...
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Hacking an APC 1400UPS by adding external batteries for a Matrix Batte...

Hi, I recently get a used APC 1400XL UPS (no power modules installed). I need to use this a long haul UPS when the power goes out (2-5 hours on a 700W) load. I may also have access to a Matrix UPS batt...
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