[91431] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: APC Matrix 5000 question(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Wilson)
Thu Jul 27 11:04:15 2006
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:00:56 -0400
From: "Brian Wilson" <Brian.Wilson@sas.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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>> 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).
>>
>> =20
> http://stores.ebay.com/Gruber-Power-Services
>
> I've used them multiple times and been very happy.
>
> Malcolm
I have used them as well and been fairly happy. Beware that they will =
spam you to death (and responding to their mailings with removal =
requests continue to go unanswered).
Brian
