Re: [OT] Charging UPS batteries outside the UPS

2007-08-08 Thread mike ledoux
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:10:30PM -0400, Ben Scott wrote: Off-topic but still techie question: Does anyone know anything about charging the batteries from a UPS using external equipment (i.e., not the charger built-in to the UPS)? Yes. I've got an APC Smart-UPS 3000 (P/N SU3000RM3U)

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7PM Delivering the Power of Xen

2007-08-08 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: August 15, 2007 7:00PM (6:30 for QA) Topic: XenSource and XenEnterprise: Delivering the Power of Xen Moderator: Rich Persaud, Systems Engineer, Xen Source Location: MIT Building E51 Room 315 A review of the Xen project and a demo of XenSource's XenEnterprise product. The presentation

Re: [OT] Charging UPS batteries outside the UPS

2007-08-08 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/7/07, Drew Van Zandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, then I'll offer a real EE, knowledgeable about battery charging answer. Hey, now. Information based on formal education and grounded in scientific fact? This is the Internet, here. We can't have that. ;-) Tell me what the capacity is,

Re: [OT] Charging UPS batteries outside the UPS

2007-08-08 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/8/07, mike ledoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've checked the voltage on the battery, and it's less than 2 volts DC. In that case, there is almost certainly at least one internal short in the battery, and no amount of charging is likely to fix it. It takes some serious work to get a 12V

Re: [OT] Charging UPS batteries outside the UPS

2007-08-08 Thread Drew Van Zandt
The datasheet gives Charge Method (Constant Voltage) for two scenarios: Cycle use (Repeating use) has an initial current of = 2.88 A, and a control voltage of 14.5 to 14.9 V. Trickle use has an initial current of = 1.08 A, and a control voltage of 13.6 to 13.8 V. I almost sort-of