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UPS is beeping
On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping.
After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light remained on. After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the PC. No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a self-test, I again got the beeps. According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system has been on for over 10 hours. I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning would occur again. I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is really needed. 1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is no longer able to supply a full load? It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years. 2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time. In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave the system on for more than 5 hours. I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me up at night. -- http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site. ------------------------------------------------ |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:02:30 -0400, "Howard Kaikow"
wrote: On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping. After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light remained on. After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the PC. No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a self-test, I again got the beeps. According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system has been on for over 10 hours. I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning would occur again. I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is really needed. 1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is no longer able to supply a full load? It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years. 2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time. In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave the system on for more than 5 hours. I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me up at night. The beep usually means it is time to replace the battery... Glenn M |
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My first UPS is still running on its original battery with no beeps.... it is a
BackUPS 400 poweirng just a small computer and monitor. It was purchased in 1997. Now then my "power" system is being backed up with a BackUPS Pro 650 (black case), and I'm on the second battery in it. I had to replace it 2 years after I bought it. Now then, it's now almost been 2 more years since, and it's not low at all. I had to replace my failed 19" monitor about a year ago and got a LCD Flatpanel monitor, 18.1", and it uses a fraction of the power the old CRT monitor did. I suspect that's helped battery life too...... Tim "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message ... On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping. After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light remained on. After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the PC. No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a self-test, I again got the beeps. According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system has been on for over 10 hours. I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning would occur again. I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is really needed. 1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is no longer able to supply a full load? It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years. 2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time. In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave the system on for more than 5 hours. I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me up at night. -- http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site. ------------------------------------------------ |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:02:30 -0400, "Howard Kaikow"
wrote: It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years. You have to replace the battery with a new fresh one. You can not expect more than 3-5 years battery lifetime. |
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My new Belkin UPS says to replace the battery after three years. I'd guess
that five years is a pretty good deal. "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message ... On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping. After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light remained on. After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the PC. No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a self-test, I again got the beeps. According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system has been on for over 10 hours. I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning would occur again. I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is really needed. 1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is no longer able to supply a full load? It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years. 2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time. In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave the system on for more than 5 hours. I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me up at night. -- http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site. ------------------------------------------------ |
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Ayup.
Battery arrived Monday. I let it charge overnight. No more beeps, oops, maybe I just jinxed myself. Whew, just tested, no more beeps! -- http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site. ------------------------------------------------ "Evil Homer" wrote in message news:1059537567.360465@news... My new Belkin UPS says to replace the battery after three years. I'd guess that five years is a pretty good deal. "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message ... On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping. After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light remained on. After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the PC. No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a self-test, I again got the beeps. According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system has been on for over 10 hours. I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning would occur again. I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is really needed. 1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is no longer able to supply a full load? It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years. 2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time. In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave the system on for more than 5 hours. I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me up at night. -- http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site. ------------------------------------------------ |
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