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New BX1500G won't charge

I have a just purchased BX1500G (serial No. 4B1226P43580). I flipped the battery over per the instructions, connected it to power and turned it on. I get the empty battery indicator flashing with a per...
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New out of the box BX900R overheating?...

Hello; here's the issue; I bought this APC BX900R UPS I set it up in my house; going by the directions to charge it 18 hours first before connecting anything so I get up the next day to find the whole ...
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Can a UPS sit around unused?

I am needing to have an extra UPS around to keep some equipment up and running for when the batteries fail. What happens to the batteries if they sit unused? Should I rotate the UPS in and out of servi...
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Email notifications?

I just purchased a Back-UPS (BE750G) and installed PowerChute Personal Edition. Is there any way I can pull information from PowerChute via a script? Does PowerChute write the the Windows event log? I ...
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RS 1500 toggling between online and battery all the time

Hello, Just as the title says. Has worked fine for a long time. Now randomly doing this. Everything else is fine in my house. Have reset the unit, removed and reinserted the battery, nothing. It keeps...
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eP Joule Rating

What is the difference between eP Joule Rating and Surge energy rating (rated in joules)? Thanks
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APC Back-UPS ES-350 support for latest Iomega NAS ix2-dl?

I have an APC Back-UPS ES-350 unit. I recently replaced an older Iomega NAS with the new NAS ix2-dl. The older Iomega NAS recognized the APC UPS unit (via the USB connection). The new Iomega NAS knows ...
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APC Back UPS PRO 1000 -5 charge LED's flashing

I have an old but excellent APC Back UPS PRO 1000 . Last week I have seen Replace Battery light was on, so i got a new battery. In few hours it was charged but the 5 charge LED's flashing. What's happe...
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SNMP: What do I need?

Hello APC and the APC Forum users. My problem is I don't know enough about APC UPS devices and need only a simple solution. I am interested in determining what physical devices/hardware are required to...
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Need to get 24 hours on 25 watts

Hi... just wondering is there a simple solution to get 24 hours of uptime on a ups for only 25 watts of usage. When we get black outs or brown outs.. they happen in burst of 24 hours period... just nee...
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APC "Emergency Response Line"

I started getting email alerts about an hour ago, 2 emails every couple of minutes. Apparently an APC smart-UPS attached to 2 of my monitored client's servers failed a self test and indicates the batte...
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