Thank you to everyone - Kelly, Colin, Adam, Bill, Trevor, etc. - for your very useful replies. If I do go with non-APC batteries, I will likely go with Battery Man as first choice (had a good talk with them on the phone) or with Manitoba Battery as second choice.
But I also note Trevor's comments of how name-brand replacements inexplicably seem to outlast the non-brand batteries. That is exactly what I've experienced in cell phone and cordless phone batteries.
Trevor, I'll write to you privately for a quote.
Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331, +1-204-515-1701, +1-204-515-1700
On 23 June 2015 at 18:56, Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net wrote:
There are a couple of battery replacement vendors in the Toronto area that usually beat local pricing even after shipping. Just be aware that unless you have a UPS with only one battery "cell", you'll have to transplant the intra-battery-pack connectors yourself. It's not a difficult procedure.
I don't even know if CyberPower sells replacement packs or if they just assume you're capable of replacing generic 12V cells yourself.
Certainty no-one that I'm aware of sells *cheap* battery packs... those are the blades, not the razor!
-Adam
-Adam
On June 23, 2015 5:08:29 PM CDT, Kelly Leveille kel@kelweb.ca wrote:
I've been replacing APC ups batteries for several years from the Battery Man on St. James.
Kelly On Jun 23, 2015 4:59 PM, "Hartmut W Sager" hwsager@marityme.net wrote:
Yikes! My 3 dead APC UPS's (dead batteries, that is) have battery replacement costs of $120 each (plus exhorbitant shipping charge on heavy lead-acid).
Is there anywhere in Winnipeg where I can get replacement batteries (original or compatible) for a reasonable price, and without individual shipping charge?
Also, do any other brands, like CyberPower, have any better policies/arrangements for replacement batteries?
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