APC BackUPS XS 1000 AVR

[Anonymous user]

Hi everyone, 

I received an old unit as a gift from a friend who bought it in 2011 and never used it.

It won't charge and the batteries are most definitely no good.  They do charge but they don't hold a charge for long.  I can remove the batteries from the unit after being plugged in overnight and watch the voltage drop a few volts every minute according to my multimeter. 

I've also come to find that replacing the batteries will do no good because my unit was manufactured with a bad charge circuit board,  according to the manufacturing/inspection date (9/18/2011).

I'm pretty sure it is out of warranty.

my question though is will the unit still provide AVR for equipment attached to it?  That's my main reason for using the unit.  I don't really need the back up battery feature.

[BillP · Accepted solution]

Hi Joe -

Do you have the model number of the UPS that was given to you?  This would help us check what function it has and give you recommendations.