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Offline Chalenge

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Re: UPS issues - HELP! (stepped square wave versus sine wave)?
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2008, 01:12:17 AM »
Is the SUA1500 a true sinewave UPS?

Oh Yes.

Look on this page to the line that says 'waveform type.'

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA1500

EDIT: Thought you might mean 'why am I upgrading if I already have one?' The trouble is my original PSU is also a PFC type.
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Re: UPS issues - HELP! (stepped square wave versus sine wave)?
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2008, 04:52:08 AM »
luckily I picked up one of these for £180 at a liquidation auction:
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it also needs a new battery pack, given how much Fluke charge I'll be rolling my own.
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Re: UPS issues - HELP! (stepped square wave versus sine wave)?
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2008, 10:15:45 AM »
luckily I picked up one of these for £180 at a liquidation auction:
(Image removed from quote.)  :cool:

it also needs a new battery pack, given how much Fluke charge I'll be rolling my own.
I never ran across one of those when I did tech work for Batteries Plus, but I checked one of our suppliers websites.  The battery pack inside looks like their 4 x Sub-C NiMH cells in series w/ a custom plug off the end.  I found places that have them for sale for $85 (US).  I'm sure Fluke will charge at least double that.  In reality, the cost of those cells and if I used your old plug off the old battery, it would cost me about $12 to make that pack for that, but you really need a spot welder to make good connections on the pack.  Soldering rechargeable batteries together can be quite dangerous.
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Re: UPS issues - HELP! (stepped square wave versus sine wave)?
« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2008, 11:04:20 AM »
sanyo make 3200mAH tagged C NiCd, about £6 each in the uk so 1/4 the price of Flukes with more juice. luckily ive got a 60w weller mains iron - should do the trick :D
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Re: UPS issues - HELP! (stepped square wave versus sine wave)?
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2008, 11:35:30 AM »
The APC Smart series all use sine-wave as I recall.  I'm certain the particular model you have uses sine-wave.  Just get new batteries, they seem to last two years then fail as a rule.  I think APC builds some planned obsolescence into them, but that's another story.

Don't worry about your power supply being bigger than the UPS rating, you're not going to use anything close to the full capacity of your power supply.  Its not like a 100 watt light bulb that uses whatever its rated at all the time.

Look at the load meter on the UPS to tell if its overloaded, you didn't cause the battery to fail by hooking up too much unless the load meter was full (and you probably still didn't).  If the load meter is lighting up all 5 bars, the UPS is loaded to 81-100% of its capacity and you need a bigger one.  Otherwise you're fine, depending on how much run time you want.  Check when your computer is being stressed, as it'll use more juice during those moments.

Replacing batteries on that model is easy by the way.
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