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Need help on UPS just for Modem & Router

Hello everyone. I need help on finding the right UPS to provide standby power for at least 48 hrs to my modem and router (If it's even possible). I have a house in Pennsylvania that I want to monitor v...
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CS 650 Problem - no power on power cut - help diagnose, please

Hi,I have a CS 650 (BK650EI). The battery is around 2 years old. It measures over 13 volts on my digital multi-meter and 100% on Powerchute. Just to try to eliminate the battery, I also charged it t...
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2023-02-26

davidjman238
davidjman238

AP5717 and Dell R630

So, I'm doing a little homelabbing. (Collective groan from the pro's, I'm sure.) I have a Dell PowerEdge R630 server. I also bought an APC AP5717 19" rackmount KVM off eBay. I found out that I appar...
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2023-02-24

MarioSH
MarioSH

UPS with less sensitive AVR?

Hello, So I recently moved to a new home, I have 3 APC 1500 UPS for some of my stuff, but the issue I’m having is that the voltage input in this new home is around 129-130v. During the day it’s not an ...
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2023-02-24

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Low Battery Runtime Minutes Displayed With New Battery

I purchased a new APC RBC123 (12V 7Amp) battery for my Back-UPS NS 1250 BN1250G UPS and it only shows 48 minutes of run time with nothing attached. This seems quite low as my similar APC Back-UPS XS 1...
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The UPS unit failed to update itself and would not start.

I am using SMT1500RMJ2U.I confirmed that I could update the firmware via NMC2 and performed the firmware update on the UPS itself, but it was showing "updating" for about 2 hours, so I thought it was s...
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APC ES 750 Flashing Red Light & Chirping?

HelloI've had this issue for the past month with my Backup UPS ES 750. Started with hearing this chirping sound coming from it. When I looked I noticed the flashing red light. I performed the follow...
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2023-02-16

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BR1500G have an unknown battery symbol on the display

I have a battery symbol flashing with an X but can't seems to find that symbol in the manual. Can someone tell me what that means. I also get a continuous beeping sound that lasts about one minute. Can...
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What product recommendation?

Hi there. I live in a remote area of New Zealand and the power supply is poor with frequent cuts. What product do you recommend for the following: Power outages : Emergency PC shutdown (say 3-5 minutes...
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2023-02-12

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Anonymous user
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APC Back-UPS ES 750 RED/GREEN flashing lights?

Hi I have a APC Back-UPS ES 750 that I have used as a battery backup for a little over a year now and I woke up this morning to a continues beep, I went over to my computer gear and found that for some...
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edwinkok
edwinkok

Back UPS 1100 power off immediate after depleted the battery without a...

Hi everyone, I got a 5 years old unit Back-UPS 1100 model and recently change to new battery, I try it on and it does last me 30+ minutes for single PCs. But it doesn't give any beeping sound when it p...
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