Several years ago, when I was being kept awake at night by incessantly beeping/screeching APC Back-UPS XS-800 units (two of them) just because their batteries were near end-of-life (as if I have to be told every 5 minutes 24/7!!!), I did some Internet research on the matter. The APC programming options on these units didn't allow override of this beeping/screeching, but cutting the speaker/squeaker wires sure works!
The primary recommendation at that time for more sensibly programmed (and overrideable) UPS's at the low price-point was CyberPower. I have since then seen CyberPower units attractively priced at tigerdirect.ca many times.
In addition to my two APC Back-UPS XS-800 (800 VA / 540 watt) units (battery model # RBC32), I also have an APC Back-UPS XS-1300 (1300 VA / 780 watt) unit (battery model # RBC109), all with dead batteries. The APC Back-UPS XS-1300 has a nice reddish (LCD/LED?) little rectangular text/graphical screen, and I think the beeping/screeching can be overridden.
Anyone want to buy any or all of these 3 units? They are in mint condition and were working properly before the batteries died.
Hartmut Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331
On 31 January 2013 15:55, Trevor Cordes trevor@tecnopolis.ca wrote:
On 2013-01-30 Dan Keizer wrote:
Funny timing ... I bought two APC 750 units just over a year ago and use them to keep my servers running in the rack.
A week or so ago, one of them started to complain (beeping wildly in the night) and flashing it's lights etc ...
As much as I love APC, I must say their non-Smart lines are generally complete crap now. They live for 2-6 years then fail in strange, different, and noisy ways, creating support nightmares, even after new batteries are put in.
The Smart ones live a lot longer but can still do incredibly wonky things if the batteries are dying/dead. You will sometimes not get any warning via the software or the UPS even though the batteries are gone. In some cases I open up the UPS to find the batteries bulging to insane widths. Moral of the story is set yourself reminders at 3-4 years to start thinking about pro-active battery replacement and/or load testing (apctest in apcupsd in linux is good for this).
I still haven't found a better UPS brand, so I stick mostly with APC Smart. _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable