Not sure if you already figured it out, but that bar at the top is not the battery, it's for the load that you have plugged into the device, it fills up depending on what you have plugged in and how many devices.
That makes WAY more sense. Thank you. The battery was cooked, either way.. I knew that because of a couple of power outages. It only lasted a minute or so, with half load. But that's really good to know. I'm going to pin your comment :)
This worked for me! TIP: Don't get discouraged if you replace the battery and it's still beeping and the charge level is low. I also needed to wait overnight for the battery to stop beeping and charge up. So that advice from the comments was super helpful. Thanks for posting this.
If anyone is watching, you don't need to power off the UPS to do this. Handy when you have live servers etc running off it. That top line is the load on the UPS. Its empty as you have nothing connected to it.
Hi, i replaced the batteries and the lower bar is full again, so that's nice BUT... the blinking sign of battery with cross on it keeps blinking. How should I reset that?
@@Emperor.of.Mankind that is like saying regular people don't use the timer of a microwave oven. APC literally built this UPS to support hot swapping of batteries. It's not an issue of safe vs. sorry. It's an issue of someone (who broke part of the UPS, btw) not knowing what they are doing.
@@davidspoole ok then. Lets say we did not have this video. There is a better video out there? because APC did not made this video. This is youtube, most of the videos are made by people at their homes. Im not expecting a huge quality on their tutorials. I expect things might work in the end. But im not asking for a professional video to appear so often. I do not trust that much on "random youtubers" for everything. It sure helps most of the time, but adicional search and study is always recomended. From official sources and books outside the internet. Dont take me wrong, but for a home made video... already helped. And we can always learn with others mistakes. cheers.
I bought a new battery for mine but the display keeps showing a blinking square battery with an X they it. Whats weird is that it shows the battery charge icon on
Mine did that for the first few hours after I replaced by battery, but then it went back to normal. If you just did it.. give it over night to charge up.
Good question. I just did a quick search on Reddit and it looks like people are replacing them with 7Ah and 9Ah batteries but you may need a software calibration key to make them work. Let us know if you learn anymore about it.
I use mine to protect my expensive electronics from short bursts or sags or power. These battery backup unit are able to optimize the current. If there isn’t enough power, it supplements it with the battery. Too much power and it lowers it. It’s less about running your equipment in a power outage, but instead insuring your electrics receive the correct amount of power at all times. This will significantly increase the lifespan of your equipment. I have one for every expensive electrics in my home. Computers, TVs, PlayStation, audio equipment. Hope that helps!
Newer ones need to be laid on the side. And make sure you have the correct side. Or you be pressing the wrong area and cussing it out. Don't ask me how I know. This video didn't directly help me but was good to refresh myself and count to ten, then do it the right way.
Not sure if you already figured it out, but that bar at the top is not the battery, it's for the load that you have plugged into the device, it fills up depending on what you have plugged in and how many devices.
Hope you saved your battery, it may have been perfect.
That makes WAY more sense. Thank you. The battery was cooked, either way.. I knew that because of a couple of power outages. It only lasted a minute or so, with half load. But that's really good to know. I'm going to pin your comment :)
This worked for me!
TIP: Don't get discouraged if you replace the battery and it's still beeping and the charge level is low. I also needed to wait overnight for the battery to stop beeping and charge up. So that advice from the comments was super helpful.
Thanks for posting this.
Awww, so glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
If anyone is watching, you don't need to power off the UPS to do this. Handy when you have live servers etc running off it. That top line is the load on the UPS. Its empty as you have nothing connected to it.
That’s really good to know. I’m going to pin this comment so others see it. Thank you for contributing.
And the thing below the load that looks like a battery is battery charge level which was 100% both before and after you changed the battery.
2:02 that's _exactly_ why i'm watching the video 😂
Thanks for the straight to the point explanation!
If the UPS screen is not on, try pressing and holding in the right hand top button with the notepad icon for 3 seconds.
Thanks! I'll definitely give it a shot. The screen hasn't given me any trouble after I replaced the battery.
Hi, i replaced the batteries and the lower bar is full again, so that's nice BUT... the blinking sign of battery with cross on it keeps blinking. How should I reset that?
I found it needs 24 hours to recalibrate itself. Leave it for a day or so and see if it resolves itself.
@@JohnLCharette Well, it still blinks. I'll do a reset later this week.
This video needs more likes.
tbh, it doesn't deserve it. He tells you to power off a UPS that supports hot-swap of the battery.
@@davidspoole Better safe than sorry?! Not that "regular" people would do that anyway (hotswaping) a Home UPS...
@@Emperor.of.Mankind that is like saying regular people don't use the timer of a microwave oven.
APC literally built this UPS to support hot swapping of batteries. It's not an issue of safe vs. sorry. It's an issue of someone (who broke part of the UPS, btw) not knowing what they are doing.
@@davidspoole ok then. Lets say we did not have this video. There is a better video out there? because APC did not made this video.
This is youtube, most of the videos are made by people at their homes. Im not expecting a huge quality on their tutorials. I expect things might work in the end. But im not asking for a professional video to appear so often. I do not trust that much on "random youtubers" for everything. It sure helps most of the time, but adicional search and study is always recomended. From official sources and books outside the internet. Dont take me wrong, but for a home made video... already helped. And we can always learn with others mistakes.
cheers.
@@Emperor.of.Mankind
the printed documentation is better. Just sayin'.
that is much better than reconnecting cables
I bought a new battery for mine but the display keeps showing a blinking square battery with an X they it. Whats weird is that it shows the battery charge icon on
Mine did that for the first few hours after I replaced by battery, but then it went back to normal. If you just did it.. give it over night to charge up.
@@JohnLCharette I replaced it late last night, its still blinking. Hopefully I didnt get a bad battery, thanks for your response
Is it possible to install better capacity battery on this ups ?
Good question. I just did a quick search on Reddit and it looks like people are replacing them with 7Ah and 9Ah batteries but you may need a software calibration key to make them work. Let us know if you learn anymore about it.
hi i have the APC Back-UPS Pro 900VA and the one from three shuko dont work when the voltage of network is off what happen ?
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that model nor which batteries it uses. Have you reached out to APC support?
I need to know what it's for. I got one from a friend for some reason and don't know what it's for
I use mine to protect my expensive electronics from short bursts or sags or power. These battery backup unit are able to optimize the current. If there isn’t enough power, it supplements it with the battery. Too much power and it lowers it.
It’s less about running your equipment in a power outage, but instead insuring your electrics receive the correct amount of power at all times. This will significantly increase the lifespan of your equipment. I have one for every expensive electrics in my home. Computers, TVs, PlayStation, audio equipment.
Hope that helps!
@@JohnLCharette thank you for the information. It did help understand
I heard ONE word and said either Canadian or USA close to the border. I have heard very similar accent here, near US/CAN border.
Yes, I'm in Ontario.. about an hour north of Toronto.
and accually you can hot swap batteries in these.
Newer ones need to be laid on the side. And make sure you have the correct side. Or you be pressing the wrong area and cussing it out. Don't ask me how I know. This video didn't directly help me but was good to refresh myself and count to ten, then do it the right way.
Thanks for the heads up about newer models. I'm glad you were able to figure it out.
No they are about $450-.. dunno what you got 200 from...
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