On 07/04/11 3:40 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > One thing that might not have been mentioned yet: somewhere around three years > out, a small UPS will cause an outage you wouldn't have otherwise when it fails. > Generally replacing the battery will fix this, but by 6-10 years other > components will go too. indeed, about half the times I've replaced the battery in a APC BackUPS or other low end UPS, the UPS itself was dead. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast