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Positioning of Back Ups

There is a battery containing acid inside the Back Ups, is there any restriction on the positioning of the unit, e.g.when it is placed vertically, which side should be up, which side should be down.
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Could this cause my overload light to turn on?

I have the p11vnt3 surgearrest. My overload light comes on ONLY when my ceiling fan light turns on. I can have nothing else turned on in the circuit, and it will still light up overload when the ceilin...
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iMac stayed on just fine during 2 power failures, yet froze up complet...

iMac stayed on just fine during 2 power failures, yet froze up completely . . . and beyond that, it required a hard power-button shut-down which left me with corrupt directories ( as is often the case ...
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BX1500G BATTERY replacement

What is the right battery for the bx1500g...on amazon many are saying this site has incorrect info on which battery is needed.I know all i have to do is open mine but don't want to go through all that ...
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Back-UPS Pro 1500 with "battery disconnected" error

Have been using my UPS since ~2011 without any problems; low loads, and it has only dealt with infrequent power hiccups and a few power outages. It just started reporting (via Powerchute) that the batt...
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BE650G1 not doing what I need

I just purchased the BE650G1, which replaced a very old model of APC UPS. When everything was plugged in the PowerChute Software said it was 100% and ready to go. I pulled the plug from the wall to see...
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" power sys error -02000 " in APC UPS SRT5KLXI

When the UPS SRT5KLXI firs came and put into operation for the first time, the LCD screen turn in to red an show me "Battery Sys Error 0800". I follow the Troubleshooting and update the firmware to the...
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Red flashing power light and a constant beep tone after installing a n...

I recently bought a replacement battery for my APC 550 Back Up, but when I went to put the new battery in I get a red flashing light and a constant beeping tone. I unplugged everything from the unit an...
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Back-UPS CS 500 shuts off for some reason

I have a Back-UPS CS 500 that I bought in 2014. It worked fine until recently. I have a power strip connected to the Back-UPS (by the battery backup sockets, not the surge protection sockets). My PC a...
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AVR and Unit Sensitivity Operation for the BR1000G

I searched the knowledge base and the forums for the exact operation for both of these functions, and haven't found what I was looking for. Beginning with the Unit Sensitivity function, if the A/C si...
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Cable Connection to PC for BX1500G

Am trying to get the PowerChute software installed and am confused about connecting the BX1500G backup to my PC. The instructions show a picture of a cable that appears to have an ethernet connection ...
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