[OT] Charging UPS batteries outside the UPS

[Dan Jenkins]

VirginSnow at vfemail.net wrote:
> IIRC, APC UPSs (how's that for an acronym?) generally ship with the
> batteries DISCONNECTED.  When you get it and first open the box, the
> instructions tell you how to hook them up.
>   
U.S. FAA & DOT requests that batteries are disconnected. during shipment.
It is a voluntary program, as far as I know, but all the UPSes I've seen 
in the last
few years, no matter who made them, come disconnected. So, it isn't just 
APC.
In one brand, they had a locking slide switch which made the connection 
rather
than having to open the unit to connect the battery wire, like APC does.

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