Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead?

[Mark Knecht]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:40 PM, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> Hi group,
>
> Lookee here:
>
> kyzyl linux # apcaccess status
> APC      : 001,034,0852
> DATE     : Tue Apr 28 19:26:47 MDT 2009
> HOSTNAME : kyzyl
> RELEASE  : 3.12.4
> VERSION  : 3.12.4 (19 August 2006) gentoo
> UPSNAME  : kyzyl
> CABLE    : USB Cable
> MODEL    : Back-UPS ES 350
> UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
> STARTTIME: Tue Apr 28 15:47:20 MDT 2009
> STATUS   : ONLINE
> LINEV    : 120.0 Volts
> LOADPCT  :  71.0 Percent Load Capacity
> BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
> TIMELEFT :   2.8 Minutes
> MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
> MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
> MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
> LOTRANS  : 088.0 Volts
> HITRANS  : 139.0 Volts
> ALARMDEL : Always
> BATTV    : 13.4 Volts
> LASTXFER : Input frequency out of range
> NUMXFERS : 0
> TONBATT  : 0 seconds
> CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
> XOFFBATT : N/A
> STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag
> MANDATE  : 2007-10-16
> SERIALNO : 3B0742X02836
> BATTDATE : 2000-00-00
> NOMBATTV :  12.0
> FIRMWARE : 23.B1.D USB FW:B1
> APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 350
> END APC  : Tue Apr 28 19:27:34 MDT 2009
>
> Only 2.8mins left? The UPS unit, fairly common I suspect, is a Back-UPS ES 350 and less than a year old. It only saw service once last year during an electric storm when the house power failed for a few minutes. Why isn't it charging. Or is it? It says BATTDATE 2000-00-00. Huh?
>
> I'd like to test it further but the apcupsd manual recommends at least 5mins time left. If I just unplug it from the back of the PC, will it charge? Is the battery caput?
>
> Maxim

Unplug all your electronic devices and plug in a lamp with a 100 Watt
incandescent light build. With the lamp on unplug the UPS from the
wall and see what happens. If the battery is dead it won't last all
that long.

I've had batteries last for 5 years, and I've had others die after 1-2
years. 2000-00-00 obviously isn't real. That's a software glitch.

- Mark