The overwhelming majority of my critical equipment has dual power supplies, which I always connect to separate UPSs. So if one UPS exhibits this behavior, the equipment will stay up and running.
I realize this only addresses the symptom and not the root cause, but it might help. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 5:17 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: The U in UPS stands for...? > > "The UPS has an automatic self-test feature which periodically tests the > battery. When the battery needs to be replaced, the UPS will indicate this by > dropping the load." > > We lost all phones and networking for a few minutes in one of our buildings > today. The APC Smart-UPS powering the comm rack did a self-test; > apparently it didn't like the battery and dropped the load during the test. It > re-powered itself after, but with "Replace Battery" lit now. This is the second > time this year I've had a Smart-UPS do that. I've had it happen to me before, > too. What's the point of a self-test if the behavior is identical to failing during > operation? > > F'ing APC. I bet the batteries are swollen and stuck in the unit, too. > > -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
