Meat Plow wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2008 20:40:55 +0000, James Sweet wrote:


clifto wrote:
Brian wrote:
The UPS then worked normally! So yes, as the early responders answered,
it was simply dead batteries. Will recycle the old ones, and keep the
UPS plugged-in continuously so that hopefully these new batteries will
last a long time.

Keep an eye on that thing. DO google the SmartUPS 700 for experience stories.
If the batteries ever significantly discharge (i.e. more than a few minutes
off mains), I highly recommend you put new ones in rather than trust the
used ones, based on my experience. Mine is off line and scheduled for
destruction and recycling.



I'd buy it. Nothing that a few mods can't correct.

I bought a couple APC Back-UPS XP 1000's in 2004. One is on my A/V
equip in my living room and one in my office. I also have a Back-UPS ES
350 on my DSL modem, wireless router and Linksys NSU1 network storage unit
bought around the same time. I've never had any problems with those units.
The 1000's self test on their own at regular intervals and the 350 still
runs for 45 minutes with the equivalent load of a PC with two hard drives
minus a monitor. Trust me I've had my fair share of failed APC units but I
have yet to figure out why some last for a year or so and others seem to
last forever. If I had to guess I would say it's the quality of the
batteries if the unit just sits there not being called upon for backup and
suffers an untimely death.


It may be that the store doesn't rotate stock, and the battery
deteriorates before it's sold. I have about 20 that need new batteries,
but they were all over five years old when pulled from service. They
were all from a high volume user who buys directly from APC.


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