03 Dec 15 11:52, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> you might find it advantageous to just buy a whole new UPS... that's   
    ml>> what is done over here most of the time... some times we do just get   
    ml>> the batteries but in some cases, the cost of the batteries is 3/4ths   
    ml>> of a new UPS so we go that way and get the latest technology and a   
    ml>> whole new warranty, too...   
      
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    EV> I wouldn't think there would be much inprovement in a newer UPS of the   
    EV> same size as mine. Enlighten Me because I don't know it all.  Thanks.   
      
   hehehe... improvments would be in charging efficiency and possibly in load   
   management to increase the time that the UPS can support the load when on   
   battery power... some UPSes also have built in self tests that excercise the   
   battery for longest life...   
      
    EV> Yesterday I looked in my junk pile for the two old UPS's and I saw   
    EV> that the second UPS DID have a door to replace the battery in it.   
    EV> DUH!!!!!!!   
      
   yeah, they can hide them pretty well... i had one that the whole back slid   
   off... if you didn't look real closely you'd never know...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   "So let me ask you a question about this brave new world of yours. When you've   
   killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and   
   when you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going   
   to do with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to   
   protect your glorious revolution from the next one?"   
   - The twelfth Doctor   
      
   ... More prosaic than the Holy Grail, but then most things are.   
   ---   
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