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CS 500 (BK500EI) runtime limit - with external battery

Hello everybody. I have purchased recently a used but working APC CS500 to power my 220v water pump during a blackout. Since the ups has no warranty, I removed the old battery (dead anyway) and hooked ...
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UPS Status Smart-UPS X 2000 Error!!!! PFC fault Please help

UPS Status Smart-UPS X 2000 Error!!!! Please help About 2 hours ago we had a power surge and the break that this unit was pulgged in to tripped. The unit was tripping the breaker and shut off all outp...
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Email of Random Guy

I set up the email server setting and it sends the notification. However, I get some random picture of a guy. Is this normal or is there something wrong with my setup. The card that I am using AP9630. ...
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Back-UPS 1100VA

I bought this device 4-5 years ago and it served me very well. Somewhere in spring this year I've noticed that it sometimes gave an beep and shut itself. Given that is almost at the end of the battery ...
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Back-UPS BX700U-GR light briefly turns green followed by a click and a...

Last night my Back-UPS wouldn't start up. All there was was a brief green flash of the power on button followed by a click and a constant beep. I read that could be because the battery is EOL so I purc...
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Feature request for Powerchute Personal - model numbers

Not sure where feature requests go, so they go here. I realize that Powerchute Personal edition is rarely updated, but it would be very helpful to show the model number of a UPS (not the model name lik...
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is wiring fault light normally very dim

Hi Everyone, first post. I just bought a sine wave 1350 bAckups pro. The wiring fault light is a barely lit dim. I only notice it when the light is off. Is this normal? from the videos on the web it ...
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Powerchute 3.1 is not installing so I can use my Back-UPS 1300

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Desktop with Windows updates installed. I hooked up my Back-UPS today after not using it for two years because of the planned power outages and it said that I n...
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Back-UPS CS 500 not waking up after configuring WAKEUP parameter

Hello, I have a Back-UPS CS 500 connected with a usb cable to a raspbian buster machine. I think configuration wise it should work as i get a status result for "sudo apcaccess status": APC : 001,045,10...
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Connecting UPS to power strip

Hi I am using APC BX600C. Got a monitor, mac mini and a wifi router connected to it and had been using for 2years without any issues. I looking to connect an external monitor but got only one wall sock...
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Failed APC Surge Protector P4

Hi. I have an APC model P4 surge protector, S/N 3Z0704P01905, that may have failed (the green light is no longer lit) so I don't know if I am being protected or not. the red wiring fault indicator is ...
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