Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-17 Thread John R Pierce
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> speaking of UPS's... >> >> I -almost- ordered $300 worth of UPS replacement batteries today, but on >> a hunch, I swapped electronic modules with a twin UPS (the ERM is >> hotswappable on these 2U 3000VA units), and lo and behold, its the ERM >> thats faulty, not the batt

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-17 Thread m . roth
> speaking of UPS's... > > I -almost- ordered $300 worth of UPS replacement batteries today, but on > a hunch, I swapped electronic modules with a twin UPS (the ERM is > hotswappable on these 2U 3000VA units), and lo and behold, its the ERM > thats faulty, not the battery pack. found a fleabay ER

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-16 Thread John R Pierce
speaking of UPS's... I -almost- ordered $300 worth of UPS replacement batteries today, but on a hunch, I swapped electronic modules with a twin UPS (the ERM is hotswappable on these 2U 3000VA units), and lo and behold, its the ERM thats faulty, not the battery pack. found a fleabay ERM for $2

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Scott Silva wrote: > on 3-16-2010 8:43 AM m.r...@5-cent.us spake the > following: > >>> on 3-2-2010 2:13 PM m.r...@5-cent.us spake the >>> following: >>> Ok, so another apc UPS 3000 complained about bad batteries, and I changed them out from the same order that I'd gotten in a c

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-16 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-16-2010 8:43 AM m.r...@5-cent.us spake the following: >> on 3-2-2010 2:13 PM m.r...@5-cent.us spake the >> following: >>> Ok, so another apc UPS 3000 complained about bad batteries, and I >>> changed them out from the same order that I'd gotten in a couple of >>> months ago. >>> >>> The APC Sm

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-16 Thread m . roth
> on 3-2-2010 2:13 PM m.r...@5-cent.us spake the > following: >> Ok, so another apc UPS 3000 complained about bad batteries, and I >> changed them out from the same order that I'd gotten in a couple of >> months ago. >> >> The APC SmartUPS 3000 started connecting and disconnecting the USB >> connec

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-16 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-2-2010 2:13 PM m.r...@5-cent.us spake the following: > Ok, so another apc UPS 3000 complained about bad batteries, and I changed > them out from the same order that I'd gotten in a couple of months ago. > > The APC SmartUPS 3000 started connecting and disconnecting the USB > connection. I bro

Re: [CentOS] Back to apcupsd

2010-03-02 Thread John R Pierce
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > ...that while the nominal voltage for the APC > SmartUPS 3000 is 48V, the new batteries are showing 55.4V. lead acid batteries are 2.1-2.15V per cell when fully charged, and the trickle charging float voltage is more like 2.3V per cell. 2.3 * 6 cells/battery * 4 batt