My Poor UPS
Jun. 4th, 2006 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gizaSo... I was minding my business on Saturday afternoon, when all of a sudden, my UPS, an APC LS500UC starts feaking out. It wasn't the normal kind of beeping that I get it goes on battery, so I went under my desk to check it out. Turns out that the "replace battery" light was on. I did some experimenting and discovered that it could run off of the battery, and a few reboots later, the light and alarm went off.
I checked on APC's website and discovered that when the "battery fail" light goes on, the battery should be replaced in "2 to 4 weeks". I then checked out pricing for a replacement battery, weighed that against the odds that my battery might give out before it arrives, and decided to just get a new UPS instead.
So, one trip to Micro Center and $63.59 later, I now have a Back-UPS 725 ES. I replaced the LS500 with it and moved the LS 500 over to my TV and Play Station 2, so I can now play Sly Cooper during brownouts and thunderstorms! (And when that battery does fail, it's just $30 for a new one)
I also, for the first time ever, tried out the USB interface for the UPS. I plugged it into my Powerbook, and it just... worked. I saw a second battery icon appearing next to the laptop's battery icon, and a second percentage charge appeared too. I unplugged the UPS and my Powerbook automatically displayed a dialogue box AND wrote a line to syslog. How cool is that?
Also, Happy Yerfday![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nidonocu!
I checked on APC's website and discovered that when the "battery fail" light goes on, the battery should be replaced in "2 to 4 weeks". I then checked out pricing for a replacement battery, weighed that against the odds that my battery might give out before it arrives, and decided to just get a new UPS instead.
So, one trip to Micro Center and $63.59 later, I now have a Back-UPS 725 ES. I replaced the LS500 with it and moved the LS 500 over to my TV and Play Station 2, so I can now play Sly Cooper during brownouts and thunderstorms! (And when that battery does fail, it's just $30 for a new one)
I also, for the first time ever, tried out the USB interface for the UPS. I plugged it into my Powerbook, and it just... worked. I saw a second battery icon appearing next to the laptop's battery icon, and a second percentage charge appeared too. I unplugged the UPS and my Powerbook automatically displayed a dialogue box AND wrote a line to syslog. How cool is that?
Also, Happy Yerfday
nidonocu!