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From: maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead?
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:41:01
Message-Id: 864193.87322.qm@web31601.mail.mud.yahoo.com
1 Hi group,
2
3 Lookee here:
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5 kyzyl linux # apcaccess status
6 APC : 001,034,0852
7 DATE : Tue Apr 28 19:26:47 MDT 2009
8 HOSTNAME : kyzyl
9 RELEASE : 3.12.4
10 VERSION : 3.12.4 (19 August 2006) gentoo
11 UPSNAME : kyzyl
12 CABLE : USB Cable
13 MODEL : Back-UPS ES 350
14 UPSMODE : Stand Alone
15 STARTTIME: Tue Apr 28 15:47:20 MDT 2009
16 STATUS : ONLINE
17 LINEV : 120.0 Volts
18 LOADPCT : 71.0 Percent Load Capacity
19 BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent
20 TIMELEFT : 2.8 Minutes
21 MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
22 MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
23 MAXTIME : 0 Seconds
24 LOTRANS : 088.0 Volts
25 HITRANS : 139.0 Volts
26 ALARMDEL : Always
27 BATTV : 13.4 Volts
28 LASTXFER : Input frequency out of range
29 NUMXFERS : 0
30 TONBATT : 0 seconds
31 CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
32 XOFFBATT : N/A
33 STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag
34 MANDATE : 2007-10-16
35 SERIALNO : 3B0742X02836
36 BATTDATE : 2000-00-00
37 NOMBATTV : 12.0
38 FIRMWARE : 23.B1.D USB FW:B1
39 APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 350
40 END APC : Tue Apr 28 19:27:34 MDT 2009
41
42 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?
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44 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?
45
46 Maxim
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead? Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead? Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: [OT]UPS battery dead? James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>