Yes, many models had the flaw/feature that they would turn off if there
was a battery fault. Combine that with batteries in a non controlled
space and a charger that doesn't adjust the voltage for temperature and
you can see a dead battery pretty rapidly. Those things are time
bombs. If you're changing batteries on a schedule you're resetting the
clock on the time bomb, but that baby is still ticking.
On 3/30/2020 3:35 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Smart vs Back operate differently. Probably the most annoying one, is
that Back will have no output power when utility is hot but the
battery is bad. So your tower goes down when the power is just fine,
but the battery is a little old.
XL is faster charger, yes. That recovers battery voltage when the
power comes on. I guess it might be good if your power goes up/down a
lot, but in my experience it stays up when it's back up.
As far as web/SNMP monitoring we use the PacketFlux site monitor
usually. It works at 100% of AC sites. In a couple data center like
sites I do have the 961x cards and I will admit they're nicer overall.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
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Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:26 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote:
I’ve heard a lot of people say the key wasn’t Smart or Dumb, but
XL or not XL, on the premise that the XL models had a more robust
charger. But I guess that’s for tower sites.
I’ve run the little 500 VA BackUPS models for a long time with
just a battery change every 3-5 years. They had several different
model numbers but all looked similar. The larger tower models
always seemed to get swollen batteries that would get wedged
inside. The best SmartUPS model for me was the 1400 VA rackmount
XL. Those didn’t seem to destroy batteries like the tower models.
What problems did you have with the BackUPS models? For a home
UPS you probably aren’t using the web or SNMP monitoring.
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<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 1:50 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS
I've seen them at home because we threw them away at work. I
regretted it every time and just threw them away, or replaced it
with Smart UPS.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:29 AM Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us
<mailto:se...@rollernet.us>> wrote:
On 3/30/20 8:16 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
> No. Just no. No. Back UPS are terrible. Smart-UPS have
been great to
> us over the years.
>
> 100% of our issues are Back UPS related.
I'll use a Back-UPS at home, but that's about it.
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