[91489] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: APC Matrix 5000 question(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Sullivan)
Wed Aug 2 00:55:20 2006
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:54:42 +1000
From: Matthew Sullivan <matthew@sorbs.net>
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0607280016340.68307-100000@richard2.pil.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
up@3.am wrote:
> Update: I replaced the batteries today, and indeed, several of the old
> ones (mostly in the first pack) were split and some had popped a couple of
> their "sealed" tops.
>
> I left for several hours and came back to the house stinking like burning
> rubber. The new batteries are apparently melting the terminal rubber
> insulation. I had to throw it back into bypass mode and unplug that pack
> (the only one with new batteries!)
>
> Any ideas to the cause? The status screens looked ok. ("no bad batteries"
> again)
>
Tip: Except where a newly supplied battery is faulty, replace all or
none - across all your packs connected to the same UPS.
/ Mat
