Interesting. I've got two APC's at home that won't do boo if the battery is dead. Sure they start to complain as they die, but left alone and unplugged for a long time, as I suspect this one was, they simply don't power up.
But my APC's are admittedly very old, and things change. :) - WJR On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 13:32, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
