12-01-15 09:36 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about UPS Battery
Howdy! Tom,

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
 EV>The past few days my system powers off unexpectantly.

 EV>It looks like my UPS need a new battery in it.

 EV>The UPS was bought in August of 2010 and 5 Years battery life sounds right
 EV>to me to get a replacement from what I read about UPS Batteries.

 TW> teh main factor in replacewment is total run time on hte batteries if
 TW> you rarely have power outages you xcan expect more then 5 years.
 TW> Somewhare i nmy rats nest I have a computerized battery tester I used
 TW> to use for my Ham Station exergency batteries. Id did a test discharge
 TW> curve plot and when the batteries were less then 50% of their AH rating
 TW> I reppaced them.

All I've ever done is once in a while to press the Test Button on the UPS
and listen to it BEEP!
If I do that now the UPS turns Off which means get another battery in it.
It doesn't BEEP! when I press that button either, it just shuts down.

Did You build the Computerized Battery Tester from an Kit or from an
magazine article and it runs from a BASIC program?

I haven't built anything for a long while, but I don't subscribe to any
magazines either to see anything to interest me in doing that.

73

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