Meat Plow wrote:

On Sat, 10 May 2008 07:42:57 -0500, Brian wrote:

James Sweet wrote:


The battery is dead. For whatever reason, this causes a lot of UPS's
to behave exactly as described. If it sat for several years, the
battery will not take a charge, it needs to be replaced.

Thanks for the responses.

Really? Absolutely nothing -- no attempts at all to recharge, not
even
flicker of the lights or a hum of the transformer? Dead as a
doornail ...


You might try to charge the batteries with a conventional charger or
variable power supply for an hour or so at a low current then replace
them in the unit.

Its unlikely that it will work. Â*The UPS does a self test upon switch on
which involves a load test on the battery. Â*If the battery cannot pass
this test the UPS just shuts down again. Â*Also they are sealed gell
types. Â*Although I must admit that I have in the past cracked off the
plastic bung and added water to try and recover them ! Â*Without success
I might add.

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Best Regards:
Baron.