UPS is beeping

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Howard Kaikow

On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping.

After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light
remained on.

After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the
PC.

No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a
self-test, I again got the beeps.

According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is
supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system
has been on for over 10 hours.

I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning
would occur again.

I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is
really needed.

1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is
no longer able to supply a full load?
It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years.

2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time.

In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave
the system on for more than 5 hours.

I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me
up at night.
 
On Friday, my APC Back UPS Pro 1000 started beeping.

After about a minute of beeps, the red battery replace warning light
remained on.

After shutting down the PC, I turned off the warning light and rebooted the
PC.

No warning light when I rebooted. However, if I then had the UPS do a
self-test, I again got the beeps.

According to the APC manual, once the light appears, the self-test is
supposed to occur every 5 hours, but it has not done so today and the system
has been on for over 10 hours.

I expect that if I were to ask the UPS to do another self-test, the warning
would occur again.

I've already ordered a replacement battery, but I'm wondering if it is
really needed.

1. Could the warning merely mean that the battery has weakened so that it is
no longer able to supply a full load?
It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years.

2. Or could the battery really be bad and I'm living on borrowed time.

In either case, I'm wondering why I have not heard any beeps when I leave
the system on for more than 5 hours.

I'm shutting down the system so the beeps, should they occur, don't wake me
up at night.
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The beep usually means it is time to replace the battery...
Glenn M
 
My first UPS is still running on its original battery with no beeps.... it is a
BackUPS 400 poweirng just a small computer and monitor. It was purchased in
1997.

Now then my "power" system is being backed up with a BackUPS Pro 650 (black
case), and I'm on the second battery in it. I had to replace it 2 years after I
bought it. Now then, it's now almost been 2 more years since, and it's not low
at all. I had to replace my failed 19" monitor about a year ago and got a LCD
Flatpanel monitor, 18.1", and it uses a fraction of the power the old CRT
monitor did. I suspect that's helped battery life too......

Tim
 
It's the original battery that I've had for 5+ years.
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You have to replace the battery with a new fresh one.
You can not expect more than 3-5 years battery lifetime.
 
My new Belkin UPS says to replace the battery after three years. I'd guess
that five years is a pretty good deal.
 
Ayup.

Battery arrived Monday.
I let it charge overnight.
No more beeps, oops, maybe I just jinxed myself.
Whew, just tested, no more beeps!
 
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