On 02/14/13 18:48, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/14/2013 11:41 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Tom Bishop wrote: >>>> Mark did you look at atbatt.com, I have been looking recently and they are >>>> ones that I have been looking to go with, not sure if they do GSA >>>> though... >> Just looked at them. They're about half-way between full APC prices and >> the discounters I've been looking at. They do have a page about >> organizational purchases, but no GSA. > > do be sure you're comparing pears with pears and not apples with oranges. > > serious UPS's are supplied with high discharge rate UPS certified VRLA > batteries, which are NOT the same as the typical cheaper VRLA's you'll <snip> I take it you didn't read previous posts by me in this thread, including my rant about how every OEM LIES, and that they've never tested their "regular" in a rackmount? mark