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Re: OT: IT war stories... ups
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Edwin Clements <[log in to unmask]>
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Edwin Clements <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:55:02 -0700
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I recently had a car battery that had to be replaced, and one of the indications was that it was bulging at the sides, maybe about 1/4 inch on each side.  The guy at the car parts store told me that if it was doing that, there wasn't any need to even test it.  Fortunately it was easy to remove.  





--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Jim Mc Coy (jimmccoy.com) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Jim Mc Coy (jimmccoy.com) <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: IT war stories... ups
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 1:35 PM
> "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
> :)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf
> Of Craig Lalley
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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