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Brand new Back-UPS Pro 1000 - Fan is running all the time

I bought a new Back-UPS Pro 1000 a couple of weeks back. There were no issues with it till yesterday.But since yesterday I hear the fan running all the time. Even when there is no load connected to the...
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My RS 900 clicking like a machine gun!!!

Hi all, I have a RS 900 clicking like a machine gun and sometimes it goes on battery then the machine gun again all day long. I have set the sensitivity to low because at medium it stay on battery. So ...
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Brand New APS Back

Just bought a APC last night, opened it up, hooked up the battery to the cable just like the instructions said to. When I went to plug it into the wall and turn it on, I get this very loud, constant to...
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BX1500LCD Dead after power outage.

I have an older BX1500LCD model. The unit needed a battery, but before I got the chance to order one the power went out, and my unit is now DEAD. I left the unit in place without the battery as protect...
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Back-UPS RS 1500 (BR-1500-IN)

Hello all, Where I live we experience power cuts but the apartment complex has a back-up generator. Usually we lose power for a few seconds till the diesel generator (DG) kicks in. Similarly when Elect...
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BX1300LCD battery icon flashing

I have this UPS with me for 1 year and it recently turn off itself for a few times. Last night, it suddenly chirps and I have to mute its speaker. After reading the forum, it seems the UPS connection w...
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Will a Back-UPS BE350G protect against light brownouts?

My house gets a few brownouts at night with the AC units on, I have a moderately powerful gaming PC that has been performing erratically because of it. At work they had an extra BE350G and said I could...
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Back-UPS ES 550: no Output Voltage

I have a Back-UPS ES 550G, monitored with apcupsd under Ubuntu. Apcaccess tells me: all is OK, Battery Voltage, Charge and Capacity, the Surge protected outlets work well, but no power on the battery p...
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My 1st and possibly last APC. New Back-UPS XS1500 fan cycles on and o...

I have a 500W TV plugged in. The unit started OK but after a while I noticed the fan cycling on and off. Thought it was just the new batteries charging until I started watching the wattage display. Fan...
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can i still use?

i got the APC BACK UPS XS 1300 from a friend turns on and works fine but the battery is not charging at all as soon as i plugged it the first time showd it was charging but then nothing....can i still ...
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Back-UPS HS 500: receptacles loose

I have a Back-UPS HS 500 that, ever since it was brand new, has had one major problem: the contacts inside the receptacles are very loose. Lightweight transformer blocks hang loosely, and if I'm not ca...
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