[geeks] 3rd party UPS replacement batteries

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Thu Aug 12 12:19:02 CDT 2004


On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:23:33AM -0500, Daniel Johannsson wrote:
> Hi all,
> the battery on my 1100va home UPS went dead yesterday and I've been
> looking into replacement batteries.  A real APC brand replacement is
> rather pricey, but a 3rd party called Battery Technology seems to make
> batteries to fit most APC UPSs for about half the price.
> At work we always just buy the APC replacement, so I have no experience
> with any other manufacturer's replacements.  Have any of you used UPS
> batteries from BT, or any other third party?  Good or bad experience?
> I'm wondering if it's a you get what you pay for situation.
> Any advise would be appreciated.

Lone Star Computer - I think its lonestarcomputer.com.  I get all my
UPSes from them and they're a SunHELP advertiser for a couple of years
now.  They do new/refurb/used/rebuilds/etc/etc/etc.

Bill

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bill bradford
austin texas



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