- Bobb - wrote:

I can't be the only one with this issue and can't find an alternative.
Advice? Different vendor?
I've got a few of these home-office-sized UPS 350VA, 500VA from APC and
when I lose power at the house, I CANNOT turn off the #$%'ing beeping
noise!

Store-purchasable UPS's are intended ONLY for computing equipment and NOT
for ANYTHING ELSE. They do not produce anything even resembling clean
power, but only a 60Hz, 120v SQUARE WAVE, which could do DAMAGE to
non-computing equipment. If you have and require life-sustaining equipment
that requires uninterruptible power, I suggest you get something from the
local power company instead of the electronics store. If you have anything
other than computing equipment connected to power through a
store-purchasable UPS I suggest you remove it from the UPS—for the
equipment's own sake. The proper use of store-purchasable UPS's is to
connect computing equipment that has on-board data-storage capacity through
the UPS's battery back-up. The proper procedure in case of power-outage is
to IMMEDIATELY SHUT-DOWN that computing equipment properly—then TURN OFF
the UPS. When you do this, the beeping will stop. If you are using
store-purchasable UPS's for anything other than computing equipment you are
MISUSING those UPS's and putting your equipment in danger of damage FROM
THE UPS. If you insist on continuing such practices, then you are
displaying your own stubbornness and stupidity—and you deserve what you
get.
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