On Friday 30 January 2009 17:17:00 Chris Boyd wrote: > On Jan 30, 2009, at 4:19 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I know I was shocked at the price I had to pay last time I replaced > > the APC > > battery. My favourite vendor sells a lot of Liebert PowerSure UPSs, > > so I > > presume they have had no problems with them, or they'd have given up > > by now. > > There is a large range, and the prices are good, but the only thing > > I can say > > is that I haven't heard anyone complain. I'd prefer to hear a > > positive report > > before buying. > > My company is a Leibert UPS VAR. We became one after we started > having problems with the APC systems we were using (I mentioned the > shutdowns earlier on the list) and started buying Leibert for our own > use. Leibert's people contacted us so we could get better pricing. > I'll never use another APC again. > That's comforting. If I can't get an APC battery at a reasonable price I'll take a look at that. I'm using a Smart-UPS 700, and replacing it would be expensive for a home system. My son-in-law has a Leibert on his system (which uses a lot more power than mine) and is happy with it, but hasn't had it so long, so I'm glad to get another opinion. > In the US we have a specialty battery retailer called "Batteries Plus" > that's a good source for replacement batteries. If you are not too > far from a good sized city you should be able to find a similar > business where you are. Voltage and current ratings and the form > factors for batteries are worldwide industry standards, so you should > be able to find replacements for far less money than getting the > "certified" batteries from APC. > OK, thanks. I'll look around. I guess if they are selling 'standard' batteries they will have some way of making sure that what I buy is compatible. Another adventure :-) Anne
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