[XCSSA] UPS question

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Shame on you Tom Weeks. (hee hee) I would expect you of all people to make more of an effort to steer business to the little
independent shops that are struggling to keep their heads above water. The last twenty UPS batteries I bought to refresh my bank of
UPS's came from M-Tronics on West Avenue, a San Antonio legacy TV-Electronics shop I've been frequenting since 1982.

These were the very common 12V7AH gel cells used in many small UPS's. At Altex these run $14-15 each, but at M-Tronics they had the
newer eight amp hour cells (exact same dimensions & terminal configuration as the 12V7AH ones) for ten dollars and change (& that's
the quantity "1" pricing). Don't expect all the computer & cable stuff at M-Tronics, it's an old school TV-Electronics shop with
limited floor inventory, but plenty of repair components on the shelves behind the counter. If you're a 'lectronics guy or you just
want the best deals on fresh gel cells drop buy and take a look; and buy something. If we don't support the local electronics shops
they will disappear...

Matt Grooms
(old Tweeks budy & very occasional XCSSA meeting attendee)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xcssa-admin@xcssa.org [mailto:xcssa-admin@xcssa.org]
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:39 AM
> To: xcssa@xcssa.org
> Subject: Re: [XCSSA] UPS question
>
> On Sunday 29 April 2007 00:35, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> > I had my APC Back-UPS Pro 1100 for about 5 years.
> > Not a bad run.
> > The other night my batteries started to cook.
> > Bulging and Leaking were involved.
>
> Internal short probably between cells.  Pull them out (with gloves on) and
> take a damp cloth and wipe down all the surfaces that it leaked onto..
> (and throw away the cloth and dispose of the batts at a recycle center)
>
> > Question:
> > Had my batteries just gotten old or has my charger failed and
> > just cooked them to death?
>
> Probably the former..  Just get the voltage and AH rating from them and go to
> AlTex to price replacements.  Make sure that the new ones are the same
> dimensions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tweeks
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