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Battery Failure...Not Failing?

Model: BR1500g Symptom 1: blinking battery symbol with X (indicating battery failure, not connected). Symptom 2: Powerchute self-test failure Troubleshooting: disconnected power, and, battery back-...
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No lights but beeping, HS 500

We're having an issue with HS 500 UPS. It has been randomly, but mostly late evening/night, going into a mode where all the lights are off, but giving a long beep every 5 seconds. When it does this we ...
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ups continuous whistle

Hi!I have a back -ups 700, a few days started to whistle continuously and sockets are not powered. I purchased a new battery to replace the original, but the problem is not solved. What may have happen...
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Old great back Ups Rs 1000 fault, flashes green online and On battery...

Hello After a few seconds of normal work, informs the ups with lights missing AC power, but soon starts to work well. It seems as if a bad resumption contact to function. Can someone tell me wher...
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ES 500 goes on battery every 2 hours

One of my ES 500 goes on battery every 2 hoursI have a Synology DS212 connected to it. Every 2-3 hours it goes on battery then returns to normal operation.Do you have any ideas as to why?I also have an...
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PowerChute "Unable to carry out a self-test at this time" BN900M

I recently replaced my BE750 Back-UPS with a new BN900. I installed it about 2 weeks ago. I last performed a self-test with PowerChute on 10/31/16, successfully. But today, 11/6, a pop-up occurred whic...
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APC Back-UPS 700VA 230V weird problems.

Hello all, my name is Javi My english is really poor right now, i will try to explain as i can. Here the specs of my Back-UPS. Ok, now i've got 2 problems. Sometimes when i powerdown the elect...
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failure ups smart 3000

Sr(s): I have UPS Smart 3000 xli and the battery charge lights are flashing (charge is 100%). The batteries were changed (are new) and the voltage each pack is 104V. Please I need support in order to...
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Low RMS output voltage BZ1200-BR

Hello I just acquired a new BZ1200-BR and installed the USB drivers and software. My PC is connected to it and running fine, HOWEVER, it says the "RMS output voltage" is around 100V instead of 115V I'm...
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Need a UPS for my desktop/workstation

I've been having power failures everyday for about 30 minutes thrice a day. I really need to invest in a good UPS. I am from India and was using an 800va UPS by Microtek on my old hardware which has fa...
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BackUPS Personal Edition shutdown peculiarities with Windows Server 20...

I inherited a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials system and a new BackUPS 1000. I downloaded the latest version of Powerchute Personal Edition for it and 1) It seems when wall power dies the system goe...
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