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back ups 1400 auto turn off

I have a new back ups 1400 , I use it for my labtop and Internet router , I connected the ups with usb cable to my labtop to turn off the alarm every 30 sec , but every 8 min ups turn off and power shu...
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Noise Filtering vs Voltage Regulation

The latter sounds more robust and beefier but I was curious as to the actual differences between the Noise Filtering offered in a product such as the P11VT3 (http://www.apc.com/shop/ca/en/products/SADE...
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server doesnt power off and i cant change percentage

hi i've a (usbterm output): Name: Back-UPS RS 900G FW:879.L4 .I USB FW:L4 Serial #: 3B1345X22334 the server doesnt shut down when the battery is exhausted i tried to change percentage of battery manage...
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Bn900m issue.

Bought the ups yesterday. Plugged the battery in and all devices and it worked. Lost power last night and it cut off. Now if I turn it on green light flashes for 10 seconds while powering devices and t...
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Entire Fleet of UPS Pro 700 series back up devices failing after power...

I have 40-50 pro series UPS back up devices that continue to switch between battery and line power after power upgrade to commercial facility: Devices switch between battery and line constantly, volta...
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Solid Red Light with Characters

Our Switch PDU is showing a solid red light with symbols that are similar to a circle and a square. The square has a part of one side missing so it is not a full square. They are similar to that in the...
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Power Outage-Now Back-UPS XS 1500 will not go back online on AC

Had a power outage and my APC Back-UPS XS 1500 when on battery power which kept the computer running but now it won't go back to AC. PowerChute shows input AC power of 94 volts but measured using meter...
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Is it impossible to accurately measure the health of a Lead-Acid UPS?

In a blog post from Schneider Electric (parent company of APC), they say that lead-acid UPS batteries "rely on chemistry that makes it hard to accurately predict when they’re going to fail" but "Li-ion...
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Wiring Batteries

Do I wire the batteries in series or parallel?
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BX-1400va ups self shut off issue

Hi, We have this BX-1400 ups and we want to shut off the ups completely after MAINS off. The ups setting is hibernating our PC but we want after that to completely shut off it self even if it has a fe...
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Back-UPS CS 650 shutdown grace period

Hello. I have an issue with BK650EI extensively discussed in http://forums.apc.com/spaces/7/ups-management-devices-powerchute-software/forums/general/5680/powerchute-personal-and-voltage-readout/1, so ...
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