Hey, Hartmut & Bill & MUUG
The Battery Man does carry a surprisingly (remarkably) thorough stock, and, for that, deserves our custom. Alexander Battery in Mississauga is no longer go-to, for odd batteries.
However, if budget is constrained, consider: Prairie Battery 1280 Border St - 633-3500
PB's Brandon office has served me well, through a couple of marquee changes over almost 3 decades, for everything from ancient Israeli Tadiran 3.6v blocks for 486 & earlyP1 mbrds (at less than half wholesale, in the day), to the ubiquitous cr2032 (mbrd cmos) buttons (at ok price 5-per card), and, yes, onward to the gel-cel bricks, at comfortable pricing. These latter are likely the ones you seek, and they usually stock standard-industry rated and medical-app rated versions of the much-more-common gel-bricks.
If indeed you are needing messy (liquid) lead-acid .. PB's still good. But I will bet you a cruller you may only need sealed gel cel units.
It should go without saying, but some UPS battery layouts are worth a photo at EVERY step of dis-assembly, for the short&long jumpers, to NOTE POLARITY.
Ask for a PB "trade account" and get [even] better pricing, if you expect to do ongoing (volume of) battery business.
PB may not always have the APC (or other Mfg's) cross-reference "in their system" .. but JUST HAUL IN ANY SPECIMEN, and you will be directed to stock on-the-shelf, for at least one candidate to match. If you believe your model to be (spillable) lead-acid, CdnTire sells acid-tolerant trays for not-so-much$, to show PB the model.
Due to friendly pricing, I've been able to quote 1yr or 2yr proactive switch-out contracts, at reasonable prices. Those (not necessarily expired, in this schedule) retired gel-cels, taken out, may be kept onsite (no acid-gas off the SEALED gel-types). Lead-acid should be taken off-site immediately, to appropriate disposal.
Even though most common (<1500va) UPS replacement batteries are (non-spill caution) gel-types, surcharges may STILL apply for ANY shipping, so I would vote you just pick them up from the storefront on Border. No special tray needed for transporting gels.
In any case, pack them forward in the trunk, for the inevitable gotta-brake in traffic.
smiles, John D
On 15-06-24 12:00 PM, roundtable-request@muug.mb.ca wrote:
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