Re: [Slightly OT Contd...] - UPS Calibration.

["Dave" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,

I have the exact same issue with my UPS after replacing the batteries.
The LED's just keep flashing and I get no backup time whatsoever even
after following Andy's calibrate routine in the past.
I only have one PC connected to it and it is a Smart UPS 1000 from APC.

I didn't use original OEM batteries as the price was way too much.
Maybe that has something to do with it but the chemical composition
and specfications are the same.

Dave...

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Phil Harris <phil@a...> wrote:
> Yeah it's a wierd one. The UPS *USED* to be fine but the batteries
went
> on it (when it was about 5 years old) and at the time I was out of
work
> and so I removed the batteries and put the UPS aside for when I could
> afford to replace them. As it is, with my "big" server
hanging off it
> it's only egistering about 12% load so it's not being caned ... I
ended
> up scouring the house for things that I could plug into it to actually
> generate some usefull load to try to calibrate it with!
>
> I guess the UPS could well have died whilst it's been mothballed but
> it's been so long since I've had it in use that I could just as well
be
> missing something obvious! :-D
>
> Phil