"Luke Siemaszko" wrote in message
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Mark wrote:

its usually a bad battery

Mark


indeed, but there are no LEDS on the front panel, nothing at all - would a
bad battery cause everything to die ?



Most certainly. if the Battery is totally dead, the UPS will not do a
sausage. Test with car batteries matching the voltage reqd. If it springs
into life, buy new batteries. I have about a dozen UPS devices around the
house all bought as Dead. New batteries fixed EVERY One.

Range from APC BackUPS300 to SmartUPS1400VA, must be a few quids worth if
bought new. Gel batteries are pretty cheap nowadays too