Can't you guys take this off-list? I'm seeing this thread gatewayed on *another* mailing list also. Somehow, APC battery maintenance doesn't seem like a critical topic (unlike for example, internet pipe cleaning day) ^) Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:34 AM, up@3.am wrote:
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Matthew Sullivan wrote:
up@3.am wrote:
Update: I replaced the batteries today, and indeed, several of the old ones (mostly in the first pack) were split and some had popped a couple of their "sealed" tops.
I left for several hours and came back to the house stinking like burning rubber. The new batteries are apparently melting the terminal rubber insulation. I had to throw it back into bypass mode and unplug that pack (the only one with new batteries!)
Any ideas to the cause? The status screens looked ok. ("no bad batteries" again)
Tip: Except where a newly supplied battery is faulty, replace all or none - across all your packs connected to the same UPS.
Understood...that's why I unplugged the other 2 XR packs from the UPS. APC rejected the notion that there was a controller problem, until they had me perform the battery test, when it not only cut power (batteries were fried anyway), it stayed in test mode until bypassed. According to them, even with dead batteries, it should come out within 5-10 seconds.
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