| * gorilla is up for a new UPS... The power here is awful for computers! | 10:13 | |
| gggs | gorilla: how did you kill a UPS? | 10:22 |
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| gorilla | gggs: no, I think the battery is just had it. but I'm confident enough to replace the battery. I have been considering something a little bigger. | 10:24 |
| gggs | what sort of UPS is it? | 10:25 |
| gorilla | A cheapie generic type unit.. 700VA from memory. | 10:25 |
| gorilla | err. 650VA. | 10:26 |
| gggs | that's not too bad, 10-15mins | 10:31 |
| gorilla | yeah. :-) I guess I could get a second opinion on it.. replacing the battery is the cheaper option | 10:33 |
| gggs | sealed lead-acid, yea? I've still got an APC UPS I'd had for 10+ years, they seem to last a while | 10:36 |
| gorilla | yeah.. SLA. I can get a compatible battery for less than a sixth of a new UPS. | 10:38 |
| gggs | <$40? | 10:42 |
| gorilla | yeah.. $30. | 10:42 |
| gorilla | but a little better capacity. :-) | 10:44 |
| gggs | sounds like a no-brainer, do you need another UPS? | 10:50 |
| gorilla | gggs: I think I'll replace the battery... especially as i just got the old one out. 12v across terminals with no load. | 10:53 |
| gggs | sounds normal | 10:58 |
| gorilla | yeah.. but going from 100% down to 3 % in less than 10 second isn't. I couldn't get multimeter leads across the battery when it was in place. | 11:00 |
| gggs | you could make your own load (car stereo etc) but it sounds like it's obviously dead | 11:03 |
| gorilla | Yep.. and I'm not that confident around circuits that are partially at mains potential. | 11:03 |
| gggs | for sure, you'd only want to test the individual battery | 11:05 |
| gorilla | yep.. getting 365V DC across a multimeter that's expecting 20V DC could be ugly. | 11:06 |
| gggs | probably blow up the multimeter but probably not yourself | 11:19 |
| gggs | ...probably :) | 11:23 |
| gorilla | gggs: hehe.. I'll pass all the same :-) | 11:48 |
| madlatvian | hi | 14:13 |
| sagaci | hi | 14:14 |
| madlatvian | what happening | 14:15 |
| sagaci | not much | 14:17 |
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