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How to use BackUPS with 2-Prong Plug

Can I use my BackUPS with a 3-to-2 prong adaptor? My wife wants to move our office from the first floor (with 3-prong plugs and Romex wiring) to the 2nd floor (2-prong plugs with knob and tube wiring)....
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Continuous beep and won't start

Hello, I have an old APC BACK-UPS PRO 420SI. Some moths ago I tried it, and it works. Yesterday I tried it again, but without success. I plug the power cord into it and its only beeping countinuously a...
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Intermintent power

Hello, We had an older UPS with 2 computers and monitors connected to it. It didn't have enough slots to plug in computers to the battery backup, so we purchased the APC UPS. We switched them and the A...
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BE750G vs BE750BB - which one is better?

Hello, I am new here and need a bit of assistance please. I recently had a laopt motherboard get fried due to the Belkin UPS failure (I will never buy another Belkin anything!). My question is which UP...
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connecting battery cartridge for 1st time

Hello, I need a little help. I just bought a BX900R & am trying to correctly connect the battery pack. When I slipped it out of its case, the only wire not connected is the short red wire. The only...
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Brand new Back ups ES 350 doesn't supply battery power

On Sunday, I unpacked and charged my Back UPS ED 350 over night. Then I plugged my pc into the Battery Backup connectors (not surge only). Today we had a short power outage, and my computer and monitor...
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ES 500 not getting any power on the battery backup side

We bought over 200 ES 500 UPSs for our agency maybe two years ago and we now have about 30 that the backup side will not deliver any power whether the unit is plugged into the wall or not. We have disc...
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New battery already charged?

Hi, I just bought an APC Battery Backup XS Series 1500 VA and on the manual, it says to let the battery charge for a full 16 hours before using the battery power. My red light button is on; however, th...
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Using UPS650R with Sony Projector..help

I have a UPS 650R and I'm using it with a Sony Projector VPL-AW-15. The projector requires 275W consumption. Would this unit be enough to handle it? Everything was working fine for 6 months and now my ...
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Computer shuts down immidiately !!

When I have a power failure or simply unplug my APC 550ES from the wall outlet my PC and everything plugged onto it shuts down. No beeps nothing. The green light goes off and on at a slow rate. The mon...
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Data cable needed..where to get it?

I need two APC Data Cables. I believe they would be R j45 to usb cables for the 2 new computers I have now. Both are PCs with USB ports. One APC unit is the UPS 650 while a second APC unit is the Back ...
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