-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Dale Sykora Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 9:43 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] UPS Batteries

edukes@alltel.net wrote:

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From: Mark Schoonover schoon@amgt.com Date: 2006/03/24 Fri PM 12:22:21 EST To: 'CentOS mailing list' centos@centos.org Subject: RE: [CentOS] UPS Batteries

edukes@alltel.net mailto:edukes@alltel.net tapped at

Friday, March

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Hello,

This may be a really stupid question, but can a gel type marine battery be used in a UPS?

Thanks

I don't think so. Gelcells are different than the sealed lead acid batteries found in UPS's. They have different charging

requirements,

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and will discharge differently than SLAs. Probably best to purchase replacement batteries from the manufacturer...

HTH

Thanks for the info!!

Eddie

If you are trying to save money, you might want to try the following. If you open your UPS and get the model # from the old battery or the AmpHour, voltage, and physical size. You can usually find replacement batteries cheaper than a comparable replacement battery kit for your UPS.

Hello,

My UPS died a while back and I was wanting to get another. Thought I could buy a used one w/o batteries to save on shipping and buy the new batteries locally but haven't had much luck getting/finding a battery or batteries locally at a resonable price.

I saw an APC BR1200 at Office Depot for $149 that may work if its compatible with the APC Network Shutdown software for Linux. If not, it does have the serial port and should be compatible with apcupsd.

Thanks