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ejohnson7107
ejohnson7107

APC 650VA (BV650I-MSX) mute

Hello -- I recently purchased a APC 650VA (model BV650I-MSX). When the power goes out at night the APC beeps very loud and wakes us up. Is there a way to mute the device?
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FredDee
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BX950MI-AZ Dodgy outlet sockets arcing

Similar to https://community.se.com/t5/APC-UPS-for-Home-and-Office-Forum/Beware-Faulty-outlet-plugs-in-the-UPS/m-p/474875#M28026 I have a BX950MI-AZ with flaky outlet sockets. Even though plugged in ...
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PA-WOODCHUCK
PA-WOODCHUCK

Shuts down and F06 error

Backup-UPS NS 1500M2 purchased 11/2023 and would shut down at random times. Max load on UPS was about 140W. After diagnosis APC replaced UPS on 5/24 and last night replacement UPS shut down again about...
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What's actually causing my PSU to buzz/crackle when on UPS battery pow...

This is an addendum to another question I've had (which is now solved)... The PC I just built has a Corsair HX1000i PSU and it doesn't like being fed the 'step-approximated sine wave' outputted by my...
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Beware Faulty outlet plugs in the UPS

I have a BX900R UPS and it fried my external "e-SATA" HDD the plug-in goes fzxzzzt and sparks anytime I touch the cord plugged into the back of the UPS, and the power drops from that plug until I wiggl...
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MalFr
MalFr

BX700UI doesn't turn on

I've been using a BX700UI for around 8 years, replaced the battery 3 years ago and recently running with no problems supporting a 10 min outage a few months back. Just been away for 10days and found th...
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JetForMe
JetForMe

Communicating with SMT750RM2UC over Ethernet?

I have two of these rack-mount UPSs, both connected via Ethernet. I can ping them, but they don't have any kind of built-in webserver I can find. The manual says to use PowerChute, which will be discon...
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Pete89
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Remote UPS cannot connect VIA https but can connect VIA SSH

Hello. This is my 1st post. We have 3 that I can no longer connect via https, and only over ssh. I would like to get them serviced but I need to know how many batteries are in this model. We ha...
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BACK-UPS ES - BE850G2-UK overloaded even with nothing attatched.

I purchased a BACK-UPS ES - BE850G2-UK in February 2022. This week it is giving the long continuous beep of an overloaded device, even without any devices connected to it. I have checked with PowerChut...
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Astral85
Astral85

Smart-UPS C1500 UPS Communication Lost

With the supplied USB cable I cannot get my Smart-UPS C1500 to communicate with my PC. I Purchased a Cisco USB console cable and the UPS will not communicate with the PC over this cable either. This is...
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Keep UPS running after it shuts down PC?

Maybe I am asking too much? I have an ES 650G2 UPS and have it set to shut down an attached PC 2 minutes after a mains failure. The installation is part of a "holiday home" monitoring system and while ...
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