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Back-UPS 1500 Preventing Computer Auto Start

My Back-UPS 1500 has been working flawlessly for a couple of years now, but, in the last three weeks, the computer cannot auto start at the prescribed time in the CMOS while connected to the UPS. It wi...
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BX1500M alarm problem

This is a BX1500M that's 3 years old. The episode started in November with extended alarm, looking at the screen the battery bar is entirely blank, so I hit mute button to shut off alarm, only to have ...
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RS BR1500 - Reports running on battery when plugged in

I purchased an APC BACK-UPS RS BR1500 1500VA/865W UPS from Amazon 5 months ago. Last night it spontaneously powered off, and when I powered it back on, it reports that it is on battery power, even thou...
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new SUA1500IC said : UPS: Battery near end of life. Order replacement ...

Hello, I recently unpacked a new SUA 1500 IC. Since intial setup it say: Battery near end of life. Order replacement battery. It was cleared, with changing Battery Replacement dated manually at ...
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New RBC163 battery has only a 24% charge

I bought my APC BR1500MS six years ago, and a replacement RBC163 battery at approximately the same time, and it had remained in its box, unopened until now. When I just replaced the original battery wi...
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BX1000G 2 beeps every 2 seconds

I purchased a BX1000G at Best Buy on 12/11/2010 and this evening (12/14/2010) I went down into my office the UPS was beeping twice about every 2 seconds. The UPS was connected to the wall with no load....
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Apc smart ups c1000 no communication via LAN and USB

Apc smart ups c1000 brak komunikacji przez LAN i USB. komunikat o błędzie wskazujący, że instalator PowerChute Personal Edition 3.1.0 nie może znaleźć podłączonego UPS APC (zasilacza awaryjnego). Jakie...
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Looking for suggestions for 2 new SMX1500RM2UC units

Recently purchased 2 ea SMX1500RM2UC units. Environment is 1 Dell server, ESXi (licensed) with 4 Windows server VM's, one IBM Power9 system, 2 Windows 10 workstations and one Linux server. Also multipl...
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unpack/ intial setup procedure APC SMT1500IC

Hello, is this the optimal setup procedure for a new SMT1500IC? unpack the device, inital connect battery + deviceconnect power cable to apcpress power-on button 1-2 secondsintial display wizward shou...
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UPS actually more potent at killing devices?

Its been a sad day. We have had our home network protected with two APC UPS-550s and an APC UPS-600. After a lightning storm and power surge this afternoon, several network devices died. The odd thin...
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APC SurgeArrest with Master Control P11GTV turns off Master outlet

APC P11GTV turns off the Master Control—and all the outlets, controlled and not—seconds after powering up. The indicator light "protection working" stays on. There is no fault at the wall socket (I tes...
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