Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-07-08 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
The battery actually had a bulge in the case to the point where it cracked -- although it didn't appear to leak anywhere. Must have dried out. New battery through the intertubes for $16 with $12 shipping $40 at Staples. Greg Rundlett ___

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-07-01 Thread Steven W. Orr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/30/10 09:09, quoth Tom Buskey: There's one called apcups that I've used also. You can run a server on one system with clients that will poll the server for status and shutdown. This is useful with several systems plugged into one UPS or

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-07-01 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Steven W. Orr ste...@syslang.net wrote: Pull the plug and see how long it lasts It's best not to literally pull the plug out of the receptacle. Doing so disconnects the earth ground. That can cause problems. Some signal links can be perturbed by loss of

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-07-01 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
Thanks for all the responses. I'm going to both check the status with apcupsd and likely replace the battery. Greg Rundlett ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-06-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/29/2010 09:33 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: I have my Linux Media Center, a Dell Studio Hybrid PC, 2 1TB Fantom external drives and a 25 lcd monitor plugged into an APC Backups Pro 500 UPS on the battery+surge protection side. Within the past week, when the household thermostat

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-06-30 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Within the past week, when the household thermostat kicks on or off the central A/C system, the PC shuts off instantaneously. What happens if the electrical power supply to the UPS is disconnected? (For

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-06-30 Thread Tom Buskey
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ben Eisenbraun b...@klatsch.org wrote: Last I looked, APC had Windows/Mac clients for checking/changing their settings, and I think there are some 3rd party linux/UNIX tools that will allow you to do it as well. Network UPS Tools (NUT) is one I have used in

UPS electrical problem

2010-06-29 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
I have my Linux Media Center, a Dell Studio Hybrid PC, 2 1TB Fantom external drives and a 25 lcd monitor plugged into an APC Backups Pro 500 UPS on the battery+surge protection side. Within the past week, when the household thermostat kicks on or off the central A/C system, the PC shuts off

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-06-29 Thread Dan Jenkins
On 6/29/2010 9:33 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: I have my Linux Media Center, a Dell Studio Hybrid PC, 2 1TB Fantom external drives and a 25 lcd monitor plugged into an APC Backups Pro 500 UPS on the battery+surge protection side. Within the past week, when the household thermostat

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-06-29 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 09:54:52PM -0400, Dan Jenkins wrote: On 6/29/2010 9:33 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: Within the past week, when the household thermostat kicks on or off the central A/C system, the PC shuts off instantaneously. In my experience, that is usually a sign that

Re: UPS electrical problem

2010-06-29 Thread Dan Jenkins
On 6/29/2010 10:01 PM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 09:54:52PM -0400, Dan Jenkins wrote: On 6/29/2010 9:33 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: Within the past week, when the household thermostat kicks on or off the central A/C system, the PC shuts off instantaneously.