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jcahow
Crewman jcahow

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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Kuri0421
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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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3DWeaver63
3DWeaver63

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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BillP
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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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solace2030
solace2030

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
Anonymous user

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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stevendt
Ensign stevendt

SUA3000 3U 230VAC Power Input Requirements

Hi,I have just moved home and looking to relocate my server rack. I currently have 2xSUA 3000 UPSs that I need to supply with power in their new location. I plan on adding dedicated radial circuits for...
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2023-02-08

burgnet
burgnet

Back-UPS 1500 Random Event 49

Back-UPS 1500 18% Load (165W) shows 15 minute hold time and full battery capacity. It randomly shows event code 49, indicates no battery capacity, and signals the warning alarm. This happens very infre...
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2023-02-06

Kuri0421
Crewman Kuri0421

Unable to write firmware "SMT1500RMJ2U"

I have a UPS that is completely stuck because the firmware update on the UPS itself has failed.I bought a genuine serial communication cable to write a new firmware and tried to write the firmware via ...
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2023-02-06

jakez
jakez

Powerchute Business Edition v10 shutdown settings confusion

HelloI am trying to configure powerchute business edition to shutdown my USB attached Windows server 2019 operating system after 600 seconds if the UPS switches to battery power, and then after 1500 se...
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2023-02-05

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