My thanks to all the suggestions re. the UPS unit(s) that we have had difficulty with. My husband got serious and did some internet searching re. APC UPS units and found some info about the Battery Back-UPS ES being problematic when dealing with line fluctuation. We phoned APC today (sent them info by e-mail and they actually sent back a phone # that actually reached a real tech support department. Very impressive.) It turns out that they are replacing the unit I bought 3 weeks ago as being defective. They are replacing the unit we bought a couple of years ago (still under warranty) as being defective. & They are replacing the battery in a 3rd unit, also under warranty. I'll keep you posted re. whether, or not, the replacements work any better than the current units.
Mical Wilmoth Carton [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The more sophisticated units often have self-test circuitry even if > the unit is setup to be monitored by a connected computer; this may > relate to the 2-4 AM thing. The other issue might be a failing > battery. They do wear out. I have 2 TrippLite 1000VA units that have a > real time read-out for the line voltage. They were about $100 the last > time I saw one at Costco. > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
