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Battery charging when it should not be

Hello, We use the APC SUA 750 in an ATM product. We monitor the state of the UPS and take the unit out of service if the battery is at less than 50 percent. What we find is these units go below 50 perc...
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Back-UPS ES 750 buzz/hum noise?

I have a Back-UPS ES 750 and it's making an annoying buzz/whistle noise. It's not all the time but when it's there I can hear it loud enough that I can't sleep. My parents have an identical unit that m...
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first time UPS purchaser

I have 5 laptops in an office building that occasionally loses power. I would like to be able to power the laptops for at least an hour when the power goes out. Also the laptops make a loud beep when t...
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Battery shows charged but no backup.

I have 2 Back UPS BX1300LCD units that are 'behaving badly'. There are basically two modes of failure that I am seeing. One is where the battery indicator shows the batteries as having a charge (80 - 1...
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Spare for Ellipse premium 800

The button on my Ellipse Premium is broken (only the button). I am looking for a spare. If you known where I can found a replacement part please help me! I don't want to discard it for this small piec...
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Help Debug BX1500 LCD fail (Also known as BACKUPS 1500 XS)

When connected to functioning wall power the BX1500LCD (also called 1500 XS ) ups will charge the battery and report estimated runtime. No signal for bad battery. With a constant 60 watt load from an o...
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Back UPS RS 600

I purchased a back-UPS RS 600 in July 2011 from Mercy Electronics, Chennai.I've connected a desktop computer to it. I find that when power is off, the UPS shuts off within two/three minutes making the ...
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BI850Sine makes enough noise to keep me awake

Hi, I live in Bangalore, India. I recently purchased a BI850Sine* 850VA Pure SineWave Home Inverter. The first two nights, it made a lot of noise which I was told ws normal as it was charging. As the...
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APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 900 noise

Hi. I'm planning to adquire an APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 900, 230V and I'd like to ask a question about it. In the product specs it list a noise level of 45 dBA, which is pretty high. Does the unit...
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UPS alarm but batteries test good?

This seems to happen to me a lot. The UPS starts alarming which tells me the batteries must need replacing, but when I take them out they test higher (12.9 volts each) than the new batteries I would be...
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XPS 900 low batery charge

I currently have an xps 900 ups that doesn't not seem to have the correct amount of run time. I only have about 200 watts of use but only about 5 minutes of runtime according to powerchute, even with a...
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