On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:34:37 -0500 Ryan Underwood
wrote:

writes:

Monitor the voltage across the batteries while you plug the UPS in; it should
rise noticeably if the UPS is attempting to charge them.

Interesting. Across one cell, it drops from 5.4V to 2.8V, when initially
plugged in, then after the UPS chirps and dies, it gradually rises again. Not
sure what's going on here.

That makes me think that the cells are in there backwards.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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