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To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (3710)	11/25/1998 11:33:00 AM
From: Spots	Respond to of 14778

>> Is it a BackOffice or BackOffice-Pro or Smart-Ups? Back-UPS >> Is the replacement battery working fine since then (support both heavy demand PCs)? It was a complete replacement unit. It just lasted a bit over 3 minutes (well, I suppose a bit over 4 - I didn't let it go for the last minute). This is a Back-UPS 600 running two PCs, total of 7 HDs, 17 & 21" monitors both in full operation. Real time quotes continued to update. Dow continued to drop. I have no idea how my original test with my original unit gave 12 -13 minutes (higher than APCs estimate, and mine). Did, though, when new. That was now over two years ago, and I may have added a couple of disks (did add a 56k modem), but basic config is the same. I never let it go all the way out after that. Probably should have. >>What do you mean by "periodically test the unit"? I mean yank the UPS plug from the wall. No better way to test the power failure performance. To test spike performance, just come live in my area for a while <g>. We got our own version of Alternating Current here -- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday ... Spots BTW, I posted my earlier note before reading all the other responses. Looks like many have concluded the same as I about APC.