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Tombox
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Is it okay to place a BN1500M2 on it's side like this?

The battery and receipt (qc pass list) is on the left side of this unit. Is it okay to lay this UPS on its side, where the battery and receipt are now on top? I've checked the manual and was unable ...
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2023-05-23

JPlendo
JPlendo

APC Back-UPS Amber light and Beeping but no power loss in house

We recently got an APC Back-UPS BE600M1 and installed it in my son' room. We plugged his PC and two monitors into the Surge and Battery backup ports. It had been running for about 3 days without issu...
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1913 0 0

2023-05-23

BStein_apc
Ensign BStein_apc

check ups state powershell

Hej There, is there a possibility to check the state of the UPS with powershell? I use this function to add it in a script for the migration of a vm in case of a powerloss depending in which datacenter...
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948 0 0

2023-05-19

833
833

APC battery recycling weights

I recently shipped 2540 pounds of APC SYBTU1-PLP consisting of 24 individual batteries. For our recycling program can you tell me how many pounds or percentage of lead, metal, etc you harvest from the ...
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718 0 0

2023-05-18

rew1mac
rew1mac

CS500 connection to network via RJ45

I have bought a CS500 (BK500EI) for office use. The USB to RJ45 cable provided in the box allows connection to PC, but this is not acceptable long term because there are not enough USB sockets, requi...
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johntomdoe
johntomdoe

Back-UPS ES 400 turning off after power failure

Good morning, recently we have had quite a few power outages. The issue I have is that if the power stays out too long, the UPS turns off completely and will not power on by itself (and supply power to...
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609 0 0

2023-05-16

Juanjiro
Crewman Juanjiro

UPS released chemical odor (Bx2200mi-ar).

Good evening, about 3 days ago I am using my UPS Bx2200mi-ar in my room. At the moment, only my 40W monitor is connected, since I am still building a desktop PC.I noticed that it is generating a quite ...
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2023-05-15

Juanjiro
Crewman Juanjiro

Question about battery connector for Bx2200mi-ar.

Hello, today my UPS Bx2200mi-ar arrived, and I had two questions when I wanted to install it. 1) Is it normal that there was a spark when I installed the battery connector for the first time, without e...
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mgutierrez_defisa
mgutierrez_defisa

PowerChute for Windows Server 2016

I bought an APC model BX1500M-LM60 recently. Please, could you help me with PowerChute software for Windows Server 2016 Standard.
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mthomant
mthomant

Back-UPS ES 750 from 2009-10 issues with w11 and PowerChute Serial 1.0...

I have a old Back-UPS ES 750 from 2009-10. When I setup my new w11 pc, it kept telling me that I had 0 min of runtime via hwinfo64. I figured it needed a new battery, so I bought a true APC battery for...
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BiteyIT
BiteyIT

APC UPS not switching PC to battery backup. Cannot run self test eithe...

Equipment: APC 1500VA UPS Battery Backup BX1500M PC: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor 4.20 GHz, 16gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, 750 Watt - Thermaltake Toughpower PSU, running Win 10. Pro...
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2023-05-14

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