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warranties

Im a bit confused on warranty poliices. Both lines of ups models (ES and RS) that I am looking at state that warranties are only good for 3 years. But other places it states that there are lifetime equ...
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how to repair an APC back ups ES500

Hi , i am I aman electronics technicianandI createdmy boxof computermaintenanceAlgeria. I have aproblemwithan APC UPSES500backupswho refuses tostart, each timeI mustdisconnectandreconnectthebatteryto...
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Can a Back-UPS250 be used without its battery for surge only protectio...

Can a Back-UPS250 be used without its battery for surge only protection?
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UPS surge protection status

How can one tell the status of ups surge protection since they do not have surge status led's like regular surge protector strips do?
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APC BE725BB has steady beeping sound

- it started last week and I turned it off for 2 minutes and it was fine. Came in this morning and same thing. I looked on APC website for information but I can't find anything that gives me inform...
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Cycling between AC & battery & other strange behavior

UPS: APC Back-UPS RS 800VA (BR800)O/S: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)S/W: PowerChute Personal Edition 3.0.2The last few months my UPS has sometimes randomly switch to battery for a few seconds. This happe...
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ES750 is triggering off (often) with tone for no noticeable reason

I have an ES750 in an equipment closet in my basement with a connected dsl modem, an Airport Extreme router, a DirecTV dvr and a Synology NAS connected. For awhile now it has been triggering approx we...
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Back-UPS ES 700 cycles power when supply comes back

I have bought an ES 700 and fully charged it. Setup is:1. Master socket has my computer attached with PowerChute installed2. Battery backup socket has a small mail server attached3. Controlled outlets ...
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BR1000G Controlled not working with Mac Mini

I have a new BR1000G a Mac Mini plugged in Master, monitor plugged in controlled outleta) monitor powers off when Mini goes to sleepsb) monitor does NOT wake up when Mini wakes upc) it is not a mode of...
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Display KVA on Back-UPS 1300

Have a new Back-UPS 1300. Page 4 of the manual indicates LCD shawdow mask displays KVA. However cycling through the display, KVA is never displayed, just Load in Watts.What is the button sequence to ...
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Unable to Communicate With PowerChute v3.02

I have a BackUPS 650 (Model BK650MC) that will not communicate with the PowerChute software. I know that the serial cable is good because I can use it between a CyberPower UPS and the same compute...
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