PIPE CLEANERS... was: APC Matrix 5000 question(s)

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

 pipecleaners?

http://www.ppsa-online.com/about-pigs.php#UTILITY%20PIGS

do they make one for Internet Pipes?

--bill


On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:59:29PM -0700, joe mcguckin wrote:
> 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
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> 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 of
> > > > their "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  
> > they
> > had me perform the battery test, when it not only cut power (batteries
> > were 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                                                       
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