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

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nothing to do with batteries.
See my earlier post about using HyperTerminal to calibrate.
Andy
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dave" <dave@v...> wrote:
> 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