Well, for a bit of devil's advocate - if the battery swelled, it might hace leaked or fumed, contaminating the device and contacts.
The safe approach (for their liability, and for end-users' fire hazard really) is to not claim the device is safe to use anymore. Jim On Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 07:11 Ben <bka...@benjammin.net> wrote: > On 4/1/24 7:37 PM, Phil Stracchino via Nut-upsuser wrote: > > So, I just rebuilt the battery packs in my PR3000LCDRTXL2U and its > expansion unit. You don't want to KNOW. If the internal batteries have > overheated and bulged, you CANNOT remove the battery pack intact even by > partially disassembling the UPS, you have to pry the batteries out via the > top of the chassis one by one. It's not pretty. Three and a half hours of > work including repairing damaged wiring harnesses. > > APC UPS aren't much/any better. Kinda funny how big these companies are > and don't factor in battery swell. > > "HEY - just BUY A NEW UPS!" -- LoL. Right? > > -Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser >
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