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Turning off power switch {at night}

Hello, First post. I have two 1500LCD units, XS and RS. Is it best {wisest} to turn the power switch off at night? I've heard conflicting advice on this matter. Some have recommended leaving the power ...
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BackUPS XS Series BX1300LCD displaying battery disconnected error

I've had my BackUPS XS Series BX1300LCD for a number of years without any problems. This system covers both a small file server and Dish SAT box. Tonight I noticed an error stating the battery in your ...
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SU5000i CONTINUOUS OUTPUT

Hi! We're using SU5000i, when I turn off the UPS, all loads connected still has power. What seems to be the problem? We send this unit to a service center already, when they turn off the UPS, load con...
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Undervolt every time I play video game

My APC UPS is telling me that the computer gets undervolted when I play a video game. PowerChute tells me that the watts goes up from about 100 to about 240 when I play a game and the voltage can drop ...
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Question About Setting Up New APC

Hello, Yesterday, I purchased a BE550G (330 watt) APC battery backup system. I will connect it to a home computer running Windows 7 Home Prmium (Zotac G43ITX-A-E mini-ITX motherboard). It has 4 GB of R...
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BR800 Power Failure

I am getting an intermittent failure of the UPS BR800 unit. What happens is that BR800 starts beeping and the power goes out to the computer and related peripherals that are plugged in to the BR800. I ...
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BF 350 On Battery after power restored

Lost house power today and turned off BF 350 when beeping started and unit went to battery power. When power restored unit remains in battery mode, I have a continuous tone and will not reset despite r...
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APC ES 350, constant tone, no light

Hi all, got a recurring, constant issue that is becoming especially frusterating. I've got 7 or 8 350 UPCs here that are all suffering from the same symptomes. When powered on, the unit will beep once,...
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PC reboots during power drops when connected to UPS

I just bought a APC BR1500LCD 1500VA 865 Watts 8 Outlets BACK-UPS RS and whenever there is the slightest power drop the PC reboots when the UPS switches to battery. Im pretty sure the UPS can handle my...
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CS 350 Serial port

Hi I've just bought APC CS 350. I'm trying to make it communicate using apcsmart protocol over serial port like it is written in PDF manual to APC UPS daemon. Problem is, that I get no response from UP...
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Reset password for SURT5000

Hi all, Can you please tell me is there a possibility to rest the ups password using the RS232 connexion? This UPS (SURT5000) doesn't have a SNMP card. Thx for your response.
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