On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Fred James <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thank you all for all the interesting input and links ... the (sort of) > resolution may be of interest to some ... I shall just pass on the gist > of what I found, without judgment ... > (1) APS did indeed make the BBU in question under their Power Shield > line/group, but they stopped making Power Shield products a while ago > (according to APS) > (2) If the auxiliary battery pack is available, it would have to be > purchased through the broadband provider (according to APS) > Or any authorized distributor of APC products. This place claims to sell it: http://www.partstore.com/Part/American%20Power%20Conversion/APC/CP20B12BP.aspx > (3) The auxiliary battery pack is not available (according to Verizon) > No surprise there. > (4) Reverting from FiOS digital voice (phone) to POTS (coper) voice is > not possible (according to Verizon) > I imagine this depends on who you talk to at Verizon. > (5) Batteries Plus sells replacement batteries for the unit, and a > charger for the battery, too (< $30 for the charger, < $40 for the > battery, I was told) > If you're ok with the downtime when you're replacing the batteries while the power is out, this is a perfectly viable option. > (6) One could of course attempt to become one's own power company > (generator, solar, etc) > Thanks again > Regards > Fred James > -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
