| gabriel rosenkoetter on Thu, 09 Jan 2003 00:30:32 -0500 |
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On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:33:56PM -0500, kaze wrote: > Anyone have experience with or know of a cheaper way I can get the battery > refurbished or where to buy a refurbished one? Well, there was an article, referenced on /. a couple of months back, about building your own UPS, though I can't seem to make Google cough it up at the moment. The battery inside a UPS isn't rocket science. It's a battery, much like your car battery. There're some moderately (though not especially) complicated electronics inside to regulate power-flow, but unless APC is a bunch of gouging bastards, that won't be part of what needs replacing. On the other hand, I picked up a couple of 1100s at MicroCenter (on sale, admittedly, but new) for $150 apiece maybe four months ago now. I'd look around for that kind of deal. (I'd maybe try to avoid *shipping* on this though, unless there's a set rate. Things is *heavy*...) > Also re this thread, I learned in this low power apartment with fuses in it, > there are fuses designed for use with AC motors (aircon, vacuum) which > really make a difference! So, is the UPS VA model number kind of a > misleading marketing thing, like selling audio equipment based on the peak > numbers instead of the RMS ones? Erm, maybe, maybe not. The APC boxes I've looked over very clearly list a VA rating (only but I hadn't a clue what it *meant* until the description here, but that's my fault). A model number's a model number, they can base it on whatever they think reasonable, I'd expect. -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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