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can powerchute Turn the system back on after a black out?

Hello Guys i have a question regardign if the powerchute is able to power back on the system, i know that you can program that system get shutdown in some point, but is there an option to do the opossi...
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XS 1000 issue

I just purchased an XS 1500 for my system, and an XS 1000 for my wifes (I do CG and video, she does blogs, websites, etc). My 1500 installed and performs just fine.The 1000 for her system installs, the...
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red light after moving unit

moved my home office yesterday from one room to another. upon turning on the XS 800, the replace battery red light remains on and every few hours it beeps for about 30 seconds. before moving, it worked...
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XS 800 Failure/Shutdown Without Warning

Hi, I have had an XS-800 for a couple of years now. Twice now it has switched to battery mode and everything plugged into it has lost power immediately--no time was available on battery power. Both tim...
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BR1500LCD: Discharged overnight, now won't recharge.

Seems that sometime overnight my BR1500LCD decided to discharge all of its battery, despite the fact that we didn't lose power at all. I woke up this morning to the sound of constant beeping. Checking ...
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Realistic Time

I am looking to purchase two separate UPS units. The first unit will power ONLY a cordless phone base station. Total power to the unit is a MAX of 1.5W The second unit will power a modem, router and v...
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4 Beeps every 30 seconds

I have a 750 ES that came from a client. Says his PowerChute does not detect the device through USB. He dropped it off at the shop and when I fired it up it continually beeps at me 4 times every 30 sec...
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XS1300 has recorded 31 events in the past few months. What is an even...

My UPS has recorded 31 events. Is there any way for me to know what exactly is an event? If there's an electrical problem, I want to fix it rather than rely on my UPS as a bandaid. Thanks.
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Determine Proper UPS for Purchase

Hello all, I am hoping to get some advice as to the proper UPS unit to purchase for my home system. My goal is to have enough power to initiate a graceful shutdown (automatically) when power fails to p...
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Back-UPS XS 1300 - Batter error icon (event 18)

Hello, I have a Back-UPS XS 1300 that has been working fine until this morning at 8 when I got a beep alarm and a battery icon flashing. Is my battery dead? I try to run a diagnostic by holding the pow...
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ES 350 - PC shuts off in power outage

This is a fairly new unit, less than a year and every time the power blinks my 6 year old Sony Vaio shuts down.. I did a test and hooked up 200 watts of lights and pulled the power and I noticed that t...
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