"First indication of a problem is that the APC SmartUPS was installed in
1997"

I had hoped to read about some kind of delayed Y2K problem :)


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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Craig Lalley
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:59 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: IT war stories... ups

I had a interesting day yesterday.

One of the ups's had an alarm on it and the computers all lost power.

First indication of a problem is that the APC SmartUPS was installed in
1997, it had to external battery packs and was clearly overkill for the
computers involved.

The first attempt was to remove the primary battery.  No problems, every
thing seemed normal, and the battery was indeed dead.

I tried to extract the batteries from the external battery packs, it was a
no go.  After much frustration, I disassembled the entire case to find...
the internal sealed lead acid batteries hand expanded like a ballon, filling
the cage.  There was no way to remove the batteries w/o cutting the metal
frame.

I never knew that could happen, and it happened to BOTH external battery
packs.

-Craig

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