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New Battery Backups show red light

I purchased 4 each BN650M1 backup/surge protectors for 4 individual computers. The first one I installed works fine. I installed the remaining 3 and all 3 of them display the red fault indicator when...
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Voltage used to charge a UPS-Inverter and its usage

I'm new to this area and know very little about electrons and how electrical components work. I'm always curious about Inverter/UPS usage. I'm from China and we have an inverter at home. It is attac...
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Batteries have different voltage reading

Two of my Back-UPS RS 1300 were failing. After removing the batteries and the bridge connector, I used a voltmeter to read the voltage of each battery. In each set, one battery read 8-8.5 V and one rea...
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Can a 3U 3000VA UPS + Battery bank power a household?

I recently got 1 APC 3000VA with 4x 48V battery packs (All 3U form factor) heavily discounted from liquidation sale. My question is this. _If_ I wanted to use the setup as a backup to power a 100A hou...
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BK650 quickly off and on just once when startup

Hi , I am using BK650-CH, I manually shutdown the ups and then turn it on, just several seconds after, the ups quickly turned off , after about 1-2 seconds it turned on again, I can hear the clicking s...
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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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