Re: seeking recommendation: UPS for Freebsd

From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve_at_sohara.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 18:31:31 UTC 
On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 23:35:31 -0400 (EDT)
Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> wrote:

> Do check the batteries first. The lead-acid gel cells used in UPSes 
> don't last forever, and will need to be replaced now and then. If your 
> UPS is 10-ish years old or more, I'd suspect the batteries first.

	I have found it unwise to wait for UPS batteries to fail, in some
failure modes they have a tendency to swell and become impossible to remove.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>