On January 24, 2020 6:13:31 PM GMT+02:00, "Georgi D. Sotirov" <gdsoti...@gmail.com> wrote: >OK, my UPS turned out to be older that I thought. I apparently bought >and installed it in September 2016 (not 2017 as I initially wrote). >That >makes for over 3 years of work, which is over the life expectancy of >the >batteries, Good batteries can last 4-5 years. The chinese ones available in most shops last cca 2 years. I use Panasonic (ordered from SOS Electronic) and they last 3-4 years. Even more.
>so I ordered new battery pack. > >However, how could I make a full charge/discharge test? Should I >disable >SHUTDOWNCMD in upsmon.conf? Or is there any other way to ignore forced >shutdown? I'd like to see how long it would go until the batteries >actually drain. > Disconnect the computer from the UPS, connect a dummy load (like 2-3 * 100W tungsten light bulbs) , turn off the nut client on the computer. Start a stopwatch. Unplug the UPS from mains and wait for it to die. Read the value on the stopwatch. wolfy _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
