03 Dec 15 11:52, you wrote to me:

 ml>> you might find it advantageous to just buy a whole new UPS... that's
 ml>> what is done over here most of the time... some times we do just get
 ml>> the batteries but in some cases, the cost of the batteries is 3/4ths
 ml>> of a new UPS so we go that way and get the latest technology and a
 ml>> whole new warranty, too...

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 EV> I wouldn't think there would be much inprovement in a newer UPS of the
 EV> same size as mine. Enlighten Me because I don't know it all.  Thanks.

hehehe... improvments would be in charging efficiency and possibly in load
management to increase the time that the UPS can support the load when on
battery power... some UPSes also have built in self tests that excercise
the battery for longest life...

 EV> Yesterday I looked in my junk pile for the two old UPS's and I saw
 EV> that the second UPS DID have a door to replace the battery in it.
 EV> DUH!!!!!!!

yeah, they can hide them pretty well... i had one that the whole back slid
off... if you didn't look real closely you'd never know...

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When you've killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just
and fair, and when you have finally got it exactly the way you want it,
what are you going to do with the people like you? The trouble makers. How
are you going to protect your glorious revolution from the next one?"
- The twelfth Doctor

... More prosaic than the Holy Grail, but then most things are.
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