Subj : Re: Man ....
To   : Lux
From : Atreyu
Date : Tue Jul 19 2022 08:30:30

On 18 Jul 22  19:39:10, Lux said the following to Atreyu:

A> I have an older APC 1400 in my home rack with a fresh set of batteries it h
A> managed to keep the power in order here.
L> 
L> I have tried replacing batteries in my APC but I just end up with a bricked 
L> unit. I just replace the entire unit anymore.
L> 
L> Its like they make it to sell batteries but then shortly after that a new 
L> unit.

The APC 1400 is a rackmount commercial grade unit. This model is the SU 
series. There are four batteries on a sliding tray that can be hot-swapped at
anytime. It costs about $240 CDN to replace them every 2 to 3 years, depending
on how many times the system had to run on backup power. The system runs a
self-test every 2 weeks to verify the condition of the batteries.

The unit has a daughterboard upgrade slot which takes any APC smart-card, in 
this case I installed one with Ethernet and a temperature sensor probe. Any 
change in the power conditions trigger an email to my local SMTP relay. That
relay is also programmed to email/post notices automatically after running on
backup power for longer than a half hour. The Vmware servers, virtual machines
and old BBS hardware can also be powered down after another condition is met.

But..... I'm sure our resident professor has a farrrrrrrr better setup.

Atreyu

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