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Quality of Charge

I'm putting together a protocol to assess quality of batteries charge on many of the units at my facility. Does anyone have an idea of how to test the duration of charge remaining on a battery? If th...
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XS 1500

Unit was working ok. Removed load and turned it off to relocate it. Now it won't do anything. Unplugged and removed battery. Same results.
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APC BackUPS RS 550 makes this strange noise when plugged in

</p> <p>When I plug the UPS into power it makes this weird sound. Is this a buzzer that indicates something? ...
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Does the data cable need to remain connected?

We recently purchased a BE600M1 UPS. The instructions say to use the USB cable to connect Data port to computer in order to download the PowerChute software. It does not specify whether it needs to ...
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Thought I needed replacement battery, but maybe I don't. What's going ...

Recently my computer system went down despite being connected to an APC Back-UPS RS 1500 LCD, and it didn't even seem like there had been a power hiccup in my home. The Back-UPS immediately started bee...
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battery voltage in surtd5000xli

Hello, I am looking for information on battery voltage on the surtd5000xli. It looks as if it's 96 volt, can anyone confirm? I use APC ups for mobile phones changing via my solar set up which is 48v. ...
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Need to send command upon UPS shutdown - Ubuntu 16 w/Back UPS XS 1200

I have two HP DL 380 G6 servers. One is running VMware 6.0 and the other is running Ubuntu 16. I connected a BackUPS XS 1200 (via USB) to the server running Ubuntu and the host immediately recognized...
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SurgeArrest 5 outlets 230V: grounding light off after a storm

Hello everybody, I have my A/V appliances connected via a P5B-GR surge arrest. A heavy storm today has made quite some damage on the electric appliances in the house but the surge arrest seems to preve...
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Data cable for Back-UPS 550?

At one of the water districts where I am Operator I found the desktop computer plugged into a very dusty Back-UPS 550. The yellow sticker was still over the UPS outlets, the computer was plugged into ...
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APC BX600C-IN 600VA, 230V Back UPS turning off very quickly

Hello, I recently bought the model APC BX600C-IN 600VA, 230V Back UPS which I intended to use for my wifi router and PS4 combined and expected it to run about 20-25 minutes. It's been a month since I b...
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No alarm beeping while on battery mode (Back-UPS 700VA)

Today for the first time I had a power outage in my area. The UPS responded well but I've never heard any alarm beeping coming from the unit. Is this normal ? This is the model I have : http://www.apc....
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