[BC] UPS hell

[Rob Landry]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Wayne Fick wrote:

> Rob asked, "I've heard of planned obsolescence, but I've never seen
> anything like this. Have any of y'all?"

> You might want to check the batteries, I just went through that with a
> Tripplite Smart UPS. If the batteries are not at a certain voltage the
> units will shut down even if there is line voltage present. Had to call
> tech service to find that out, not in the user's manual.

These units are completely dead; no lights of any kind, and the fans don't 
move. The batteries are less than two years old.

The ops manager thinks there was some kind of power spike -- the power for 
the whole area went out for several hours a day or two before the first 
two units failed.

Rob