From nobody Mon Apr 10 18:31:31 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PwHch2bpZz44cYV for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 18:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d4fe0003b01c23.ca063452d82ee5b08179392c0fd13e29@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4PwHcg0N7Xz3tBK for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 18:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d4fe0003b01c23.ca063452d82ee5b08179392c0fd13e29@email-od.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=email-od.com header.s=dkim header.b=u8cLVqwh; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of 4250.82.1d4fe0003b01c23.ca063452d82ee5b08179392c0fd13e29@email-od.com designates 142.0.176.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=4250.82.1d4fe0003b01c23.ca063452d82ee5b08179392c0fd13e29@email-od.com; dmarc=none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1681151507; x=1683743507; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-thread-info:subject:to:from:cc:reply-to; bh=/HDMr+To2Xjf4GQEmzgCrzGpcF0zO0ZYzM3cVkXvJ3w=; b=u8cLVqwhmW0vROLI3tYgbW3j2+bjtU+xJKUJMGWNBKF1stFXdgU5u2MeSPP7562j9q35S4X3m7g57vyLkaoiyLtnQZnQmwDwCYlIwYFaJwEiDpwPovDD2nYShvg9eAJ0rPfc/BZHYq51adM/SveOmJr+ky0PdWfnE0X0kd+Uc4w= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi4xZDRmZTAwMDNiMDFjMjMucXVlc3Rpb25zPWZyZWVic2Qub3Jn Received: from r1.h.in.socketlabs.com (r1.h.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.180.11]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:31:34 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (86-42-20-118-dynamic.b-ras1.bdt.dublin.eircom.net [86.42.20.118]) by r1.h.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:31:33 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.95 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1plwId-000Ox0-Sp for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:31:31 +0100 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:31:31 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeking recommendation: UPS for Freebsd Message-Id: <20230410193131.663e0d32ea1101f4d2965fe4@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: References: <25649.61743.236383.879770@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.70 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[steve@sohara.org,4250.82.1d4fe0003b01c23.ca063452d82ee5b08179392c0fd13e29@email-od.com]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[email-od.com:s=dkim]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:142.0.176.0/20]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[steve@sohara.org,4250.82.1d4fe0003b01c23.ca063452d82ee5b08179392c0fd13e29@email-od.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7381, ipnet:142.0.176.0/22, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[email-od.com:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sohara.org]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[email-od.com:dkim] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4PwHcg0N7Xz3tBK X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 23:35:31 -0400 (EDT) Chris Hill 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. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith