Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:31:31 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeking recommendation: UPS for Freebsd Message-ID: <20230410193131.663e0d32ea1101f4d2965fe4@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2304082319080.49466@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <25649.61743.236383.879770@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.2304082319080.49466@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 23:35:31 -0400 (EDT) Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> wrote: > Do check the batteries first. The lead-acid gel cells used in UPSes > don't last forever, and will need to be replaced now and then. If your > UPS is 10-ish years old or more, I'd suspect the batteries first. I have found it unwise to wait for UPS batteries to fail, in some failure modes they have a tendency to swell and become impossible to remove. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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