On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 12:58:20PM +0000, Hudson, Alan wrote:
> Not an EMC question, but I know there's quite a few safety experts on here!
> We have 150 systems each containing a UPS (1000VA @230Vac). Each UPS has a
> battery, supposedly "Maintenance-free sealed Lead-Acid battery with
> suspended electrolyte : leakproof".
>
> Does anything nasty happen to lead-acid batteries left to their own devices
> for a few years?
Sell them on eBay :-). Normally the batteries are sealed and the outer case
is acid resistant, but dont prove on that, it can happen that acid leak out
of it and destroy the parts near the batteries.
Matthias
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