[Discuss] Free UPS (sort of)

[Cy Schubert]

There's a battery shop on the Island Highway going into Colwood. The 
batteries are quite common.

Does the UPS have a USB or serial port? Both can be managed by nut 
however serial ports tend to be used by other apps. A person may be 
able to use a USB to serial though I have never tried nut through a USB 
to serial. The nut drivers tend to be rather finicky.



In message <CAM_o6DUAwM70Gxy5zAEStW22PWYF1qc7C-SJoGUn2gEr1JB=ug at mail.gma
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, Craig Miller writes:
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> Good points, Alan,
>
> It is a APC BE725BB UPS. I suspect you are correct, that it only needs a
> new battery, but given that it has been in my closet for the past 2 years,
> I clearly don't need it (I have others which are in active use).
>
> Craig...
>
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> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 2:20 AM, Alan W. Irwin <Alan.W.Irwin1234 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2018-06-04 16:29-0700 Craig Miller wrote:
> >
> > Hey All,
> >>
> >> For those who haven't heard I am moving house. While going through things
> >> I
> >> found a APS 725 VA UPS that beeps continuously when turned on. It has been
> >> unplugged in the closet for the past 2 years, so I suspect the battery is
> >> dead.
> >>
> >> It is *free* to anyone who doesn't mind poking around with UPSs and
> >> replacing the battery (there's a battery hatch on the bottom). Otherwise
> >> it
> >> will go to electronics recycling in the next week or so.
> >>
> >
> > Hi Craig:
> >
> > I assume you meant APC rather than APS, but could you confirm that?
> > And for the benefit of others here can you give exact model number and
> > the approximate year that is was sold new?
> >
> > I am not interested myself because I still have two APC UPS's from 22
> > and 16 years ago (called Back-UPS's back then) that I am still using
> > without issues.  However, if you are giving away one of those golden
> > oldies, I would advise others here to give them a try since the only
> > maintenance I have ever done with my two UPS's is a battery
> > replacement which typically was once every 5 years or so for each UPS.
> > And I think one of the reasons my last computer lasted 10.5 years was
> > I protected that equipment with a UPS so the periodic investment in a
> > battery (which cost only $66 the last time I went through a UPS
> > battery replacement at Victoria Battery Limited/ DBA Canadian Energy
> > located at 791 Cave Street) seems well worth it.
> >
> > Alan
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