I've had this happen a couple of times on the old 3U 3000RMs. Once I was able to pry the batteries out with a pair of screw drivers. Once I had to pull the #@&% out of the rack and remove a bunch of little sheet metal screws to get at the swollen batteries.
Our server room has poor cooling, by the way... Each of our racks has two UPS units. We re-arranged things so there is a 1-U gap above and below each UPS. Not "by the book", but I've not had batteries swell since I did this. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. "Bob Hartung" <[email protected]> wrote on 08/30/2010 02:42:36 PM: > I just spent the better part of the day replacing the batteries in > an APC 2U Rackmount UPS. Two of the four batteries had swollen and > nothing was going to get the battery tray to slide out. What's worse > is APC's cabinet design. They put a flange on the top front of the > battery tray opening whose only purpose is the make sure you can't > get a swollen battery out. And then you have to half-disassemble the > whole UPS so you can use a pry bar to remove the batteries out the > top, ripping the double-sided tape they use to hold the batteries to > the tray. I think APC wants you to throw out the UPS when this happens. > > Are other UPSs this fiendishly designed? I've been annoyed by APC > for the last couple of years on a number of issues and this one has > me seriously considering their competitors. Any recommendations? > > Thanks. > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u? > id=8248078.b072e5707bb7fba2f548aa2f8c66181f&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9079694 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to leave-9079694-8248078. > [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u?id=8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb3b1&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9079721 or send a blank email to leave-9079721-8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
