caffrey Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Does this mean our UPS is broken ? It's in another room so I don't hear any warning beeps and there's no software installed.
TheRobins Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 See image as below New battery time. Link to PDF Manual http://apcmedia.com/salestools/ASTE-6Z8LUC/ASTE-6Z8LUC_R9_EN.pdf?sdirect=true
caffrey Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 Thought as much, just thought I'd check - I found the documentation and the warranty ran out last November, nothing in the pot to replace it. Any recommendations for a replacement ?
TheRobins Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 The APC units are good kit, I would just look at replacement batteries If you get chance when school is finished, run a calibration test on it. This will place it into failover mode until batteries run out, and then will report back with how long they would last. I would suggest if there is no money at the moment stress how important a UPS is as well all know. Quite often UPS batteries fail because they are randomly used and also kept on charge, those SLAB batteries need cycling now and again to keep them fresh otherwise they fail. As a matter of course I run a Calibration test every fortnight and I current have 2 Smart 1500's with 2 1/2 year old batteries that still work perfectly Just to give you an idea on price, APC UPS 3000 BATTERY (RBC43) - www.misco.co.uk Worth checking correct models of course and finding and good price/supplier. You can buy 3rd party batteries but personally I would steer clear. 1
caffrey Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 I'm looking at trade ins too on the APC website for a like for like and more modern hardware comes to about 1k
TheRobins Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 If you go that route you would get the latest kit as you say. However as you are not using monitoring software or network based features for multiple devices cannot see the benefit of 1k over say £200, depends how old you unit is of course.
plexer Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Warranty wouldn't have covered battery replacement anyway. Ben
caffrey Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 Ordered a battery, will save on the downtime at least I found the service certification and this battery has been going since November 2011...
TheRobins Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Not bad going at all, I think its earnt its money then
gsk Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 You can hot swap the batteries on this too. As said above I don't think there's much need to replace the entire unit unless you're having other problems with it.
caffrey Posted March 5, 2015 Author Posted March 5, 2015 Yup, I got the replacement and hotswapped it, apart from the battery light not going out for a while it seems to be fine now
caffrey Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 By sheer total coincidence, one of the sites phases blew at the weekend (not the one that supplies the server room) but the whole site had to be taken down. I would've had a silly busy morning if I hadn't replaced the battery when I did!
IrritableTech Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) @caffrey To clear the battery warning light, either wait for a self test (once every two weeks I think), or press and hold the power on button for about 5 seconds to force a self test. This is the only youtube video I have ever uploaded - it covers this exactly. Edited March 9, 2015 by IrritableTech
caffrey Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 Nice video, fun replacing them isn't it I just had to wait for the light to go out, the batteries must've been partially discharged - even after the self test the light didn't go out
Koldov Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 What a timely thread! Popped in to the server room this morning and was greeted by beeping and flashing lights! Anybody got a decent supplier of batteries for this or is it only recommended to be replaced with original manufacturer supplied batteries? Kol.
timbo343 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 I bought a battery for the 750xl from a company called AMC. I think the battery was about £130 and AMC will collect the old battery for free. It might be worth getting on to the AMC site and finding the right RBC number as i got the wrong one when i did a quick search on the net.
caffrey Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 I got mine from Amazon, used the APC site to find the model number for the battery
timbo343 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 If you end up buying from amazon, get a free flubit account, it gives a discount on products and its free unlike quidco. Ive used flubit in the past but only on small £££ items.
LeMarchand Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 If you end up buying from amazon, get a free flubit account, it gives a discount on products and its free unlike quidco. Ive used flubit in the past but only on small £££ items. Have you ever had to make a warranty claim on a flubbited item? Just wondering what the SP was. Whenever I've tried, the saving wasn't enough to accept a possibly iffy warranty. (Plus the experience of one seller accepting my money and then claiming no stock but then responding to a second flubit rather soured the experience for me).
timbo343 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Oh i dunno, i bought some drawer runners but been looking at other items to see how much cheaper flubit would be.
LeMarchand Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Oh i dunno, i bought some drawer runners but been looking at other items to see how much cheaper flubit would be. Cheers anyway!
TheRobins Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 If its mission critical (which I would say yes) get originals from one of the channel suppliers or your preferred main hardware supplier. If they have access to the channel they will be able to get one next day. I would say from last doing a 1000 it was around 60 of your great british pounds Places such as ebay and amazon are littered with fakes Enjoy!!
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