12-01-15 09:36 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about UPS Battery   
   Howdy! Tom,   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <565E28CE.14610.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    EV>The past few days my system powers off unexpectantly.   
      
    EV>It looks like my UPS need a new battery in it.   
      
    EV>The UPS was bought in August of 2010 and 5 Years battery life sounds right   
    EV>to me to get a replacement from what I read about UPS Batteries.   
      
    TW> teh main factor in replacewment is total run time on hte batteries if   
    TW> you rarely have power outages you xcan expect more then 5 years.   
    TW> Somewhare i nmy rats nest I have a computerized battery tester I used   
    TW> to use for my Ham Station exergency batteries. Id did a test discharge   
    TW> curve plot and when the batteries were less then 50% of their AH rating   
    TW> I reppaced them.   
      
   All I've ever done is once in a while to press the Test Button on the UPS   
   and listen to it BEEP!   
   If I do that now the UPS turns Off which means get another battery in it.   
   It doesn't BEEP! when I press that button either, it just shuts down.   
      
   Did You build the Computerized Battery Tester from an Kit or from an   
   magazine article and it runs from a BASIC program?   
      
   I haven't built anything for a long while, but I don't subscribe to any   
   magazines either to see anything to interest me in doing that.   
      
   73   
      
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