[geeks] Q: Need some new batteries for UPSs

[Keith Campbell]

I've got a friend in the electrical & alarm business that can get
batteries cheap, which leads me to believe you might find them in your
local electrical supply dealer.  You may just find the batteries you
need are also used in fire alarms and burglar alarms etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hansen" <n2vip at bellatlantic.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Cc: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 08:27 AM
Subject: [geeks] Q: Need some new batteries for UPSs


> So, I am starting to pull my UPSs together,and I have two UPSs that
need new
> batteries - both are re-badged APC units:
>
>     1. IBM UPS 400 (APC SmartUPS 400) - has a GP 1270 12v 7 Amps
battery
>
>     2. Unisys UP-9125 (APC SmartUPS 1250) has two batteries that I
can't see
>        model numbers (hard to remove)
>
> Questions:
>
>     APC battery exchange program seems high, but it includes S/H of
used
>     battery (nice idea) - anyone used this option before? Comments?
>
>     I can't seem to find a local battery dealer - any ideas what I
might be
>     missing (did usual search of my phone book, nothing under
Battery*)?
>
>     Any pointers to battery dealers on the web? All I have seen so far
> appear
>     to be OEM dealers...
>
>     And finally, is it possible/advisable to "upgrade" capacity when
> replacing
>     the batteries? Nothing major, but maybe take a 400 VA UPS to
something
>     like 600 va (well, yeah, that's a 50% increase, how about a 1250
va UPS
>     to 1400)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
>
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