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BR1500LCD - Unit placement and use with power strip

Hello, I Just bought this fine UPS unit. A few questions before I set it up: 1) I know it is advisable not to place the UPS next to any serious electrical devices such as PC Monitor, etc. My question i...
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Is the Back-UPS RS 1500VA enough for us?

Hi. We're in the market for new UPS boxes. I tried to use the Selector but couldn't quite match our systems. We pretty much all have: - A Mac Pro (wth 8 cores - dual 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, two vi...
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BACK UPS XS1000 has relay clicking sound

Unit is about 1 year old. "on Line " light on and operating. Every few seconds or minutes I hear a click from inside the unit, a relay opening or closing. It is a fairly loud click, but no lights chang...
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RS 1500 Back-UPS's will NOT come ON LINE

All, I just received 6 new RS 1500's and none of them will come on line...will only stay on battery. Yes, I've checked that the battery has been connected and they are plugged into power. I do have a f...
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ES 550 alarming about weekly

I have had an ES 550 for about 6-8 months or so. It is used for entertainment center....TV, receiver, cable box, DVD. It has been fine except for past month or so. About every 6-9 days, during the nigh...
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How to test various UPS units?

Hi, In preparation for the storm about to hit us, I was tasked with checking all our UPS units out. We have three Smart 1400 units SU1400BX120, two 725ES units and one 1000 RS unit. I will hunt for the...
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UPS BATTERY Backup issue

hi,i have a BE650Y-IN Backup UPS.its drawing a load of 90W.i have a single pc connected to it. since the past few days,when the power goes off,the ups battery is discharging completely in less than a m...
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line conditioning

After buying a high end surround sound system and plasma tv the store salesman is attempting to "sell" me on a line conditioner to eliminate noise. I have given serious thought to buying a whole house ...
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ES 750 G

Have not seen the software shut down periperals after shutting off computer. Computer plugged into master and monitor, printer and speakers are plugged into outlets controlled by master. Any ideas?
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Back-UPS ES 8 Outlet 350VA 120V (6 & 8 Slot) Issues

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE350R&tab=features Our company is having problems with this (as well as the 6 slot variety) kind of battery. We have computers and m...
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Does AVR work for all output connections?

On APC units with AVR, is the voltage being regulated for all outlets or only those that provide battery backup?
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