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Anonymous Posted on Oct 06, 2014

I work for a nonprofit senior center. We have 5 or 6 APC PRO 500 battery backups. They seemed to be alright, but when the power has gone off, the computers are shutting down. I check the battery volta

I work for a nonprofit senior center. We have 5 or 6 APC PRO 500 battery backups. They seemed to be alright, but when the power has gone off, the computers are shutting down. I check the battery voltage it is at 12v dc, when the power is off the backup is only 85 to 88v ac. Could it be the battery amps , and should new batteries take care of this. Its is on more than one. IF its not the batteries what could it be.

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Many UPS's have warning lites, or will beep a code (e.g. three beeps might mean "replace batteries") Having said that it's my experience nine out of ten problems ARE related to batteries. Nevertheless various boards DO short out, transformers will short (though in your case I'd consider it down the list) An owners manual or, if available, a service manual is probably available from the manufacters website. Often a call to the tech support people will point you in the right direction.

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SOURCE: I have a apc 650 model bk650mus battery backup.

how long the lifespam is the battery you had are using it? if you check the voltage that is 13.5dcv but it could be the Ah is already running low.. try to change with a new batts and power up the ups ifi it not workin that mean it the hardware issue..

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that's a sure sign that you are in low battery condition, and the inverter is approaching shutdown. You may need to either deep recharge the batteries, with NO load, or replace them completely.

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