[OT] Charging UPS batteries outside the UPS
Chris
fj1200 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 09:45:47 EDT 2007
Top Reply, bad netiquette etc, but I have a few of those sealed lead
acid batteries, almost new and unused, $10 each if you want to collect
them from Manchester.
Chris
On 8/7/07, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:
> 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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