On Apr 30, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Al Poulin wrote:
>> >> I don't think American Power Conversion makes either of these models >> any more. They say they've moved to more energy efficient designs. > > True. So the company keeps trying to replace the old models with new > ones at discount for the convenience of not having to exchange > batteries in the mail. Actually the batteries APC uses in all of their UPS'es are of one of three or four standard sealed lead-acid types, and have been all along. So they'll exchange the batteries for you, you just have to bug 'em, because they'd really rather just sell you a new UPS :-) In our experience using them in the server room and phone closets, the UPS usually lives through three or four battery lifetimes, then something else in the circuit goes bad and we surplus 'em and get new ones. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
