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Supplied USB Cable too short to connect UPS NAS , any longer options

Hello everyone, I recently purchased and installed the BR1300LCD model (APC BACK-UPS RS 1300VA LCD 120V). The prime purpose for this UPS was to protect the Network Attached Storage unit and execute a p...
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OSX 10.6.3 Powerchute high cpu usage

Upgraded my Imac to OSX 10.6.3. After reboot, very high cpu usage via the Activity monitor. A check indicated usage by Powerchute 1.3.4. Powerchute was using 99% of the cpu cycles. Deinstallation of Po...
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UPS choice for router & generator in desert location

I need to set up a network for a school in a remote desert area. The only electricity is a 240v generator which runs about 3 hours per day. It was suggested that I could hook up a UPS to the generator,...
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Back UPS and PFC Power Supplies

I am quoting Erasmus from a post made almost a year ago, on 4/27/2009: "Starting in mid 2008 all of our Back-UPS products being manufactured were revised to better handle load requirements for PFC devi...
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Windows automatically hibernates after coming out of a hibernate thoug...

I own a BE650Y-IN UPS and have installed Powerchute Personal Edition on my Windows XP machine. I have setup my PC to automatically start when power is available as I have downloads that run through out...
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APC ES 750 battery status

Hey guys, I just bought the apc es 750 ups mainly for it to back up my 42inch tv, xbox360, and my bluray player. So i hooked everything up and plugged the ups to the outlet and everything is ok the gre...
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Back Ups XS 1500 is acting up

Computer shut off like the plug had been pulled.Battery charge indicator is flashing with no bars.Input voltage is 127V. Battery tested charged with multimeter (25.8V) and red and black connections tes...
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Issues with Powerchute for the Mac and OS 10.6.3

There are a number of people who have had this issue that you can find via Google, but I can't find any reference to this here. Sorry if it's a repeat. I had a perfectly working Powerchute running on m...
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UPS prevenitive maintenance

Is there a way to tell BEFORE a UPS fails? We've had several, that were old, fail for "no reason". I'm sure it's just because the battery was old, but is there a way to check them to see how the batter...
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total 4500W power from one receptacle

Dear Friends, I have APCSURTD5000. Is it possible to extract all power from single receptacle? Can the socket provided can take all the load? I need to connect only one instrument consuming around 4.3K...
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SmartUPS 1000, Battery unable to support the load problem.

I currently own 2 SmartUPS 1000 models. The first one had a battery replacement over half a year ago, the second one just recently. With the first one all went well, but the second UPS still complains ...
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