[PLUG] UPS is beeping sporadically

[Fred James]

Without testing, from personal experience, this answer would have my vote
Regards
Fred James

Paul Wroe wrote:
> How old is the battery?
> I have had a couple of UPS units with similar behavior.  When I replaced the
> battery they behaved normally.  If your battery is stressed from irregular
> voltage it can go bad quicker than expected.
> Have you tried unplugging the UPS to see how long it will power your system
> without AC?  Does it behave as expected?
> - Paul
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> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Jason Barnett
> <jason.barnett71 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Sounds like it is detecting that the line voltage is dipping below it's
>> threshold.  The sensitivity of this can be adjusted if you think the
>> devices
>> on the UPS can safely handle the sags. (see page 6 of the manual
>> http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/ASTE-6Z8LFR_R0_EN.pdf )  I would try
>> this
>> to see if the problem goes away as it may be a problem with too many
>> devices
>> on your circuit and no problem with the UPS.  I know that my UPS trips
>> whenever my laser printer kicks on.  You may also want to try moving the
>> UPS
>> to another outlet on a different circuit to see if the problem goes away.
>>
>> If none of these suggestions help, you may need to do as you were thinking
>> and repair/replace the UPS.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net
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>>> wrote:
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>>> For the past several days my APC Smart UPS, model SUA1500, has suddenly
>>> started beeping at random times. If I ignore it the beeping stops after
>>> a minute or so. Once it stopped when I gave it a smart slap on the top
>>> of the case, although this remedy worked only once. It appears to hold
>>> a charge fine, although I don't know how to test it to be sure. While
>>> beeping none of the trouble lights on the front panel come on. When the
>>> beeping first starts the green charge indicator lights are all lit, but
>>> as it continues to beep they go down, as though the charge was rapidly
>>> depleting.
>>>
>>> I suspect that some electronic device inside is going out, although it
>>> could be the batteries. I've had it for about two years, but I bought
>>> it used. I think it is going to take someone with proper equipment to
>>> troubleshoot, and it may just have to be replaced. Does anyone have any
>>> suggestions for local places I can take it to for diagnosis and/or
>>> service?
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