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ES500 UPS MELTING ON THE BOTTOM

We had a power outage here the other day. When powering back up, 2 computers would not power up. Upon pulling the UPS out, I noticed that the plastic bottom was melted in the corner where the power cor...
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Need Help Selecting a Product

I'm not sure if this is the right location for this question, so I apologize if I'm in the wrong forum. I have two desktop computers that are serving as data acquisition systems. What I'm looking to do...
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Smart UPS 1500 shown as Smart UPS 1400XL in Power Chute

Hi all, I Have Smart Ups 1500 (as Mention on the front of ups) But Power Chute show it as 1400XL on summer Page. And it Does not have USB Connection at the back of UPS only Rs232 Connection available....
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Smart UPS 1250 transformer to board blade connections?

I've a Smart UPS 1250 whose "top half" is off and the three input wires *(Black, White, Yellow)* are not connected to the three male blade connectors on PC board. The owners manual I downloaded has no ...
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Unable to make my Back-UPS Online

Hello, Here is my problem. After I performed a self-test from PowerChute, my UPS switches to battery my PC turned off and never switch back again. Looking at this point it looks like it stuck in there ...
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APC merged with MGE...how do I get software for Ellipse 500?

I've attached my new machine to the UPS comm port. The machine sees the UPS, no problem, but I'd like to update the software. If I can't, then I'll try the old install disk. Cheers!
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Power-factor-corrected (PFC) inrush question based on power supply spe...

As I understand it, when calculating the power requirement for a power-factor-corrected (PFC) power supply, you consider the maximum rating of the power supply as briefly being required from the UPS du...
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Problem with a month old UPS!

Hi all, My first post/thread here. I purchased an APC Back-UPS ES-650y-IN on 14th Jan 2010. In the initial days the UPS indicated a back-up for over 40 mins, now something weird has happened. The almos...
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BP1100 indicates it is on battery back up when it is running on line p...

I have a BP1100 (Back-UPS Pro 1100) that indicates that it is running on battery power in the software Power Chute Business Edition v8.01 as well as the Windows XP Power Options Properties UPS Tab (I t...
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br1300lcd win 7 64bit hibernate issues

I have a win 7 pro 64bit/ raid 5 hdd array pc connected to br1300 via usb. first issue: when ac power is removed from ups and save battery timer has expired, pcpe 2.2 displays hibernate in 10 sec wind...
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Need help on how to connect router to UPS for A/C protection

Hi everyone, I recently bought an RS-800 and I am very very happy with it. Now on summer time, at home, light flickers every now and then and my PC works flawlessly. However I would also like to prote...
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