Perhaps they engage in nefarious engineering, designed to ensure components fail in such a way as to maximize the rate of replacement?
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > Heaven forbid they engineer to actually accommodate that, ya know? > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 5:56 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? > > > > Same here, I've had it happen. Sucks. > > Just pulled out a battery this morning that looks like this: > > http://i.imgur.com/42gPp.jpg > > > > Could barely get it out, thought for sure I was going to have to buy > another > > UPS. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:32 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? > > > > I had a "what the heck" moment after reading the first line. It's so > ridiculous, > > you almost have to think you're misunderstanding something. I guess > the > > assumption is that the power fails more often than the battery so it's > a net > > gain for uptime. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:17 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: The U in UPS stands for...? > > > > "The UPS has an automatic self-test feature which periodically tests > the > > battery. When the battery needs to be replaced, the UPS will indicate > this by > > dropping the load." > > > > We lost all phones and networking for a few minutes in one of our > buildings > > today. The APC Smart-UPS powering the comm rack did a self-test; > > apparently it didn't like the battery and dropped the load during the > test. > > It re-powered itself after, but with "Replace Battery" lit now. This > is the > > second time this year I've had a Smart-UPS do that. I've had it > happen to me > > before, too. What's the point of a self-test if the behavior is > identical to > > failing during operation? > > > > F'ing APC. I bet the batteries are swollen and stuck in the unit, > too. > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > > software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
