[rescue] Cheap UPS followup

[Kris Kirby]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Scott Newell wrote:
> Well, it sucks.  It claimed my stack of sparcs (measured draw of about 2A)
> was an overload, so I backed it down and left just a 486 and a switch on
> the battery outlets.  No good--maybe 1/2 second of runtime, followed by a
> dead UPS.  Opened it up--nothing obviously wrong, and looking at the board,
> I'm shocked that they can sell it for $30.  Oh well, sometimes you do get
> what you pay for.  I hereby withdraw my reco for the $10 Cyberpower UPS.

My psychic powers tell you have a bad battery, not a bad UPS.

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