EV> EV>It looks like my UPS need a new battery in it.   
      
   EV> EV>The UPS was bought in August of 2010 and 5 Years battery life sounds rig   
   EV> EV>to me to get a replacement from what I read about UPS Batteries.   
      
   EV> TW> teh main factor in replacewment is total run time on hte batteries if   
   EV> TW> you rarely have power outages you xcan expect more then 5 years.   
   EV> TW> Somewhare i nmy rats nest I have a computerized battery tester I used   
   EV> TW> to use for my Ham Station exergency batteries. Id did a test discharge   
   EV> TW> curve plot and when the batteries were less then 50% of their AH rating   
   EV> TW> I reppaced them.   
      
   EV>All I've ever done is once in a while to press the Test Button on the UPS   
   EV>and listen to it BEEP!   
   EV>If I do that now the UPS turns Off which means get another battery in it.   
   EV>It doesn't BEEP! when I press that button either, it just shuts down.   
      
   EV>Did You build the Computerized Battery Tester from an Kit or from an   
   EV>magazine article and it runs from a BASIC program?   
      
   EV>I haven't built anything for a long while, but I don't subscribe to any   
   EV>magazines either to see anything to interest me in doing that.   
      
   EV>73   
      
   It was a prebuily unit form West Mountian Radio:   
      
      
   http://www.westmountainradio.com/cba.php   
      
      
   But at $159 it is a little overkill for jsut a USB battery.   
   I had in my Active Ham days 8 Rechargable handheld packs and several 7   
   and 15 AH gell cells   
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