[91430] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: APC Matrix 5000 question(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Malcolm Staudinger)
Thu Jul 27 10:33:29 2006
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:31:40 -0700
From: Malcolm Staudinger <mstaudinger@dotster.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <1154010180.7941.189.camel@wks02.probe-networks.de>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Hi,
> i am very sure that the batterys are dead. APC recommends to change the
> batterys every 3 to 5 years. I'd change them every 3 years to be sure.
> Its very unlikely that your 6 year old packs are still fully functional.
> I had the same symptoms at a customers APC (3000VA) and the battery
> packs were dead. Try to locate the packs on ebay, can save quite a bunch
> of money (but beware of low quality packs).
>
>
http://stores.ebay.com/Gruber-Power-Services
I've used them multiple times and been very happy.
Malcolm
