[Cialug] Slightly OT, .. UPSs

[Scott Yates]

While I am not an expert, that sure SOUNDS like a hardware failure.  I have
several consumer level UPS's and have never had any of them do this.

I assume it is past warranty?  I would still call Tripplite about this
though.


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:24 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Had a problem this AM that I'm not sure how to solve. We have a Tripplite
> 3K UPS at a site, and it just SHUT ITSELF OFF for the third time in the
> past calendar year. The issue could be related to the external battery
> pack (getting old), so I disconnected them.
>
> Question - has anyone seen a UPS that will FAIL LIVE (i.e. if the UPS
> chokes, it reverts to line power instead of just dying)? Close as I can
> some on a search is the SU5000RT4U, but I'm not sure even that would solve
> the problem as it is an online UPS (i.e. power output is always from the
> UPS for conditioning).
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Lee
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