02-06-2007, 03:47 PM
> In one 2200 VA unit the batteries had swollen enough to require dismantling the UPS to
> get them out, they would not slide out of the battery bay.
A rackmount? I think there was a recall on those.
I don't remember the rating on the UPSes, but a few years ago we got a pile of free replacement batteries for our rackmount APC's.
We looked like a bunch of clowns trying to figure out how to get the swollen batteries out of the cases. We ended up slamming the units on a carpeted floor and then prying the batteries out with screwdrivers.
That doesn't mean that APC's aren't the best. Is an Apple computer garbage because the Sony batteries in the MacBooks can swell and burst into flame? Judge the company by the quality of their product and by how responsible they are when it fails.
> get them out, they would not slide out of the battery bay.
A rackmount? I think there was a recall on those.
I don't remember the rating on the UPSes, but a few years ago we got a pile of free replacement batteries for our rackmount APC's.
We looked like a bunch of clowns trying to figure out how to get the swollen batteries out of the cases. We ended up slamming the units on a carpeted floor and then prying the batteries out with screwdrivers.
That doesn't mean that APC's aren't the best. Is an Apple computer garbage because the Sony batteries in the MacBooks can swell and burst into flame? Judge the company by the quality of their product and by how responsible they are when it fails.