Hello DHSinclair, Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:50:06 AM, you wrote:
> JoeUser, > Understand. But, for me it is cheaper to use my local sources. I save on > shipping costs. > And as far as I can tell these commercial replacements are of equal quality > of the APC > replacement batteries. I now use the PowerSonic gel cells and the Yuasa > Genesis AGM > cells. The original APC cells lasted 3-4 years. Time will tell of course. > Oddly, I also have a Belkin 350VA Gold ups whose single 12v cell just > failed recently. It > lasted ~7 years of pretty constant use. > Best, > Duncan True, batteries are heavy as hell and soak up shipping charges, so if I could get mine locally I would. I'm going to give Battery Mart a try, only thing is I won't be able to say anything good about them for 3 years. 8) -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...