[Discuss] APC repair/replacement

[Richard James]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:16:09 -0700 (PDT), Alan W. Irwin wrote:

>> How often do you get power glitches? I've only been on battery once
>> since March 22, that was May 5 for 4 seconds.... (Mar 22 was when I
>> upgraded my system, I could check the log on the old machine.... but
>> it's very infrequent here...)
>
>There are glitches (a few seconds) and mini-glitches (just long enough to
>make both my UPS's beep once).  The former occur rarely, the latter occur
>fairly often at our house (over the last 10 years of experience listening to
>beeps from the UPS).  For example, yesterday, there was one mini-glitch,
>today there were two of them, and all three occasions the one computer (on
>the 10-yr-old UPS in question) went down and the other (on a 5-yr-old APC
>Back-UPS) stayed up.

Alan,

Hmm... where do you live... that sounds pretty bad to me....

If these are just minor sags in voltage, they may not have done
significant damage, though you might want to check with an electronic
guru,. If you have had major surges, then there is a good chance the
components are marginal and that may be part of the problem. Even if it
is not, if they are compromised, then when you do get a good surge, you
may  just have a disaster.... as in it passes the surge, not  diverts
it....


Richard James,
>From an Island in the Pacific,
Victoria, BC