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Power outage over the weekend - 2 UPS' Dead?

First time poster, hoping you guys can help me out. We have several Back Ups Pro 1500 units in our office. Over the weekend, we lost power to the office. When we arrived on Monday, the units were b...
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Battery Replacement

I just replaced the batteries on my APC RS 1500 UPS, plugged it in and made sure that the circuit breaker wasn't tripped. When I turned it on, it beeps 4 times and the "on battery" light stays on, afte...
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Problem with shut down when power went out

I have an HP Pavilion desktop PC running Vista SP1, APC ES-600G UPS, and APC PowerChute PE 3.0.2. Yesterday the power went out at my house and stayed out - hasn't happened in over 10 yrs, so I knew thi...
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Backup Pro 1000 Fan Running all the time evening without any load

Modle : BR1000G-IN Serial No : E21602235118 Since couple of weeks back my UPS fan is constantly running 24x7 evening without any load on the ups. It is placed in a well vantilated area. Any help would ...
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back-UPS ES 550 - socket still powered after shut down

Hi all, I've just purchased the back-UPS ES 550 model...everything is working fine, but I've noticed that one socket is still powered after the unit has been shut down (with the power on button). I've...
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Back-UPS NS 700 chirping every two seconds with red light, battery rec...

Hello, forgive me for being a bit illiterate in technological terms. My family bought a Back-UPS NS 700 (of this specific variety) several years ago and have since lost the manual. The UPS is now in my...
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Back-UPS Pro 1500 Battery Calibration / Estimated Run Time

Hello, I just bought a new Pro 1500 and after installing the batteries and powering the device on, I had the battery icon with the X flashing. I found a YouTube video that documented the resolution, s...
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BE700-UK safe shutdown issue - How many device can manage to do that s...

I got 1 of the BE700-UK , and 2 device NASA store , 1 MAC book, how can shutdown these 3 units by the software PowerChute Personal, of any other method to safe shutdown these 3 untis? thanks
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BackUPS 850 Overload - No fix/no load applied

Got an overload warning that shut off my UPS with my PC getting shut down with it. PowerChute never shows me using more than about ~33% wattage potential. I had connected a PC and Xbox One and two LED ...
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Use of short (< 12") extension cord on back of Back-UPS 700

I have a modem that has the transformer built-in to the power cord at the plug (male) end. My question is: can I connect a short (12") extension cord (3-prong) to the large modem plug and then plug th...
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Back Ups 500

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