[geeks] RE : Re: UPS batteries

[Bertrand Hutin]

the APC UPS serial cable IS not pin to pin, it looks like:
Apc smart ups cable
male ups           fem (pc)
4                  2 (rxd)
5                  3 (txd)
6                  5 (gnd)

--- Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> a icrit :

> >From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
> >Date: 2006/10/07 Sat AM 11:59:15 CDT
> >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: [geeks] UPS batteries
> 
> >I need to replace 8 batteries in my Compaq T2000 UPS.
> >
> >I thought about just getting a new UPS, but this unit is a full
> >sine-wave UPS with 96% efficiency, and works pretty well.
> >
> >Does anyone have a favorite online battery story?
> >
> >ReburbUPS.com has a kit for this UPS for $126 including shipping,
> which
> >is cheaper than a new 1500VA UPS from Best Buy.
> >
> >Does anyone think that maintaining this old T2000 is a bad idea?
> 
> I'm no UPS expert, but to my mind there are three parts to a UPS -
> the batteries, the electronics, and the interface. Assuming that ONLY
> the batteries are bad (the electronics are good and the interface is
> satisfactory), then I'd say the batteries are a good deal compared
> with buying new.
> 
> I'm in the process of going through my various UPS around the house
> and deploying them as needed - unfortunately I've left them off-line
> for so long I forgot what state the batteries are in so I have to
> test each one...
> 
> On the subject of UPS, I have a SmartUPS rack mount 700 UPS without
> serial cable, anything special with wiring it up to a Sun machine? I
> couldn't use a Cisco console cable could I (I want to run the 9 pin
> male on the UPS to the RJ-45 serial interface on a Netra T1 105, and
> while the cable will physically fit, I'd rather not damage either
> box).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lionel 
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