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Re: APC Matrix 5000 question(s) (please, lets end this)
From: joe mcguckin <joe () via net>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:59:29 -0700
Can't you guys take this off-list? I'm seeing this thread gatewayed on *another* mailing list also.
Somehow, APC battery maintenance doesn't seem like a critical topic (unlike for example, internet pipe cleaning day) ^)
Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe () via net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:34 AM, up () 3 am wrote:
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Matthew Sullivan wrote:up () 3 am wrote:Update: I replaced the batteries today, and indeed, several of the old ones (mostly in the first pack) were split and some had popped a couple oftheir "sealed" tops.I left for several hours and came back to the house stinking like burning rubber. The new batteries are apparently melting the terminal rubber insulation. I had to throw it back into bypass mode and unplug that pack(the only one with new batteries!)Any ideas to the cause? The status screens looked ok. ("no bad batteries"again)Tip: Except where a newly supplied battery is faulty, replace all or none - across all your packs connected to the same UPS.Understood...that's why I unplugged the other 2 XR packs from the UPS.APC rejected the notion that there was a controller problem, until theyhad me perform the battery test, when it not only cut power (batterieswere fried anyway), it stayed in test mode until bypassed. According to them, even with dead batteries, it should come out within 5-10 seconds.James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up () 3 am http://3.am====================================================================== ===
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- Re: APC Matrix 5000 question(s) Michael Loftis (Aug 01)
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- Re: APC Matrix 5000 question(s) (please, lets end this) joe mcguckin (Aug 02)
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