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Any non-noisy UPS available now?

I was looking to get a new back-ups unit. did some research and it seems ALL the new back-ups units are noisy now? so is there any that arent noisy? the one I have right now (RS1500) doesnt come on unl...
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Older Back-UPS XS 1500 Beige problems

Hello all! I want to say thank you for taking the time to read this! Well I have had this UPS for quite some time and have had no isses with it. Ran an old Athlon processor single core, printers, monit...
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Battery Backup and Surge Protection section not working

I plugged in a space heater on this section and after a couple of days, I received a buzzing noise and nothing that I plug in now works. The other side, which is just a surge protector still works. I t...
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BX900R Solid Tone

I own a BX900R 900VA APC UPS. I've had it for roughly two years now and just last week the UPS failed on me and shut down in the middle of some work I was doing. I instantly thought the battery was at ...
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UPS remember settings w/o computer

I have an BX-1000G protecting some home theater equipment. I used a PC to configure the ups via powershoot software. Are the settings stored in the device. My real questions is: I have it set to run 5 ...
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iMac: Odd issue with my UPS

Over the past few weeks I've been getting an error with my DuperDuper (backup software) scheduled backup. I am backing up an external FW drive to another external FW drive. The SuperDuper log would sho...
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J10 repair

I have a J10 and the fan stopped working. APC doesn't have repair facilities nor can they recommend anyone else to do the work. It's out of warranty . Anyone know how to do fix this or know who works o...
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What does end of life look for with an APC UPS battery?

I've got a BR1500 that's been in constant use for about 5 years, generally with a 400 watt load and few power interruptions. The battery is rated for 3-5 years, which I assume to mean the battery is ne...
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Back-UPS XS 900 Overload light flashing, warning tone

I have a Back-UPS XS 900 that began flashing the overload light, with a constant warning tone. This happens with or without anything plugged into it, and started happening with most of the computer equ...
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Loss of battery power

Hi I have three UPS's , a Backup UPS CS 500 , Backup UPS Pro 650 and Smart UPS 1000. I shutdown all my systems each night, but I leave the power available to the UPS's. This morning, both the CS 500 an...
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Can I uninstall PowerChute and leave computer plugged into UPS?

My Win 7 Pro 64 computer still sometimes hangs at start-up, and I'm virtually certain that PowerChute is the culprit. The problem is a variation of the one I described in my first thread about this iss...
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