Without testing, from personal experience, this answer would have my vote Regards Fred James
Paul Wroe wrote: > How old is the battery? > I have had a couple of UPS units with similar behavior. When I replaced the > battery they behaved normally. If your battery is stressed from irregular > voltage it can go bad quicker than expected. > Have you tried unplugging the UPS to see how long it will power your system > without AC? Does it behave as expected? > - Paul > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Jason Barnett > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Sounds like it is detecting that the line voltage is dipping below it's >> threshold. The sensitivity of this can be adjusted if you think the >> devices >> on the UPS can safely handle the sags. (see page 6 of the manual >> http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/ASTE-6Z8LFR_R0_EN.pdf ) I would try >> this >> to see if the problem goes away as it may be a problem with too many >> devices >> on your circuit and no problem with the UPS. I know that my UPS trips >> whenever my laser printer kicks on. You may also want to try moving the >> UPS >> to another outlet on a different circuit to see if the problem goes away. >> >> If none of these suggestions help, you may need to do as you were thinking >> and repair/replace the UPS. >> >> Jason >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected] >> >>> wrote: >>> >>> For the past several days my APC Smart UPS, model SUA1500, has suddenly >>> started beeping at random times. If I ignore it the beeping stops after >>> a minute or so. Once it stopped when I gave it a smart slap on the top >>> of the case, although this remedy worked only once. It appears to hold >>> a charge fine, although I don't know how to test it to be sure. While >>> beeping none of the trouble lights on the front panel come on. When the >>> beeping first starts the green charge indicator lights are all lit, but >>> as it continues to beep they go down, as though the charge was rapidly >>> depleting. >>> >>> I suspect that some electronic device inside is going out, although it >>> could be the batteries. I've had it for about two years, but I bought >>> it used. I think it is going to take someone with proper equipment to >>> troubleshoot, and it may just have to be replaced. Does anyone have any >>> suggestions for local places I can take it to for diagnosis and/or >>> service? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
