Not necessarily. IME, UPS's with bad batteries will turn on, just notify you that the battery is bad. If it doesn't turn on at all,a nd it's not the circuit breaker as Bob Hartung indicated, then it is dead, and changing the battery likely won't do anything.
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:26 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok... so you guys think the battery is just dead. That's kind of what I was > thinking. Thanks. > > > > From: William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 2:17 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: UPS won't turn on > > April Fool's! > > Oh....wait... > > It's dead Jim. (John) > > The battery can be replaced however; usually at a fraction of the cost of > the UPS. > > - WJR > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 13:13, John Aldrich <[email protected]> > wrote: > I've got a SMARTUPS 1400 that I've had plugged up for awhile trying to > see > if I can use it. It was just sitting around in one of the offices, not > being > used, so I thought I'd see what I could do with it. As I said, it's been > plugged up for awhile, but it won't even power on. Any ideas what might be > the problem? The disconnect plug in back is plugged in so that's not the > problem. > Any ideas? I don't get any lights or beeps or anything. > > Thanks! > > > > > > > ~ 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
