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Back-UPS ES 550 - Red Light Flashes and Continuous Beep

My UPS has been shutting itself down over the past few days. I assumed that this was related to a surge or something. Now, when I turn it on, the red light flashes and the unit makes a continuous tone....
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APC battery failure after 16 months?

My APC BE700G-IT Back UPS suddenly switched off this afternoon, and when I tried to switch it on, it made a continuous warning beep, and red light stayed on. The surge protection side worked fine. I u...
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Forever charging APC Backup batt

hi, im using APC 1100va backup battery to backup my modem, cctv & alarm. im plugging in the APC Backup battery to direct wall socket & my modem, cctv & alarm all plugged into the APC backup...
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Back-UPS micro-controller reset

I happened on the link below where in the second post there is an instruction (reprinted below) for resetting the microcontroller in the Back-UPS. A few questions about resetting the microcontroller: ...
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Question Regarding Humidity

I recently bought me and APC backUPS 450va to plug my PC into to protect me against brownouts. My concern is the humidity as I live in Louisiana - where it can get quite humid, especially during the su...
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Recovery From Power Failure

I have a desktop computer at home that has a APC Back-UPS 550VA UPS Battery Backup & Surge Protector (BE550G) on it. I use this computer quite a bit when I'm traveling through remote desktop acces...
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How Run Battery Calibration??

Is there a battery run time calibration procedure for my BE450G? If so, how do I do this on my BE450G? It seems to be showing remaining run times lower than it really is so I'd like to correct this. ...
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Method for figuring time remaining on battery?

I’m interested in knowing how APC Powerchute Personal Edition in conjunction with the UPS determines amount of time remaining on battery. I can think of two methods that might be used. While I’m sure...
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single battery

Hi. just wondering if i could use just 1 battery in a 2 battery chassis.
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Current drawn by BK500 UPS

Hello Does anyone what is the maximum current drawn by UPS BK500 in all the below situations - 1. Power available on the input side, loads connected on the output side 2. Power available on the input s...
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Connecting Cable Modem to Back-UPS

My recently purchased Back-UPS Pro 700 has ethernet ports for connecting a router (or in my case a UBEE cable modem). Right now my cable modem connects directly to my computer. When the power goes out ...
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