Your UPS uses gel type batteries. DO NOT use liquid acid batteries, such
as car batteries for your UPS. The charger for the UPS was designed for
a particular type of battery with a specific charge current range. The
charging circuits sense the battery load during charge.

With a liquid acid battery, there is a chance of it being over charged,
and thus can cause boiling! This is very dangerous. Liquid acid
batteries must be used in a well ventilated area. They can easily give
off some sulphuric acid fumes which are very corrosive, and they also
give off hydrogen gas. This is not a very good situation for indoors.
The so-called seal on these batteries are mainly to prevent acid spill
if the battery is briefly tilted.

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Jerry G.


"Battery Guy - ReplacementUPSbattery.com"
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Generally, paralleling the batteries is not a problem. As the other
poster pointed out, the charging time will increase. Should you
experience a power outage and run the batteries down, it will take
longer to get back up to 100% charge, but for most locations with
"typical" power quality, this set up would be just fine. One important
note on this subject is to not let the batteries drain down to less
than 20% charge. These are sealed lead acid batteries and should be
thought of as a mini car battery. We all know that if you leave your
lights on and drain your car battery more than 6 times in the life of
a battery, you permanently affect the lifespan of the battery. Most
UPS manufacturers have a setting in the software to set the minimum
battery charge percentage.

R. Jessen
ReplacementUPSbattery.com