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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Dave,
Quick question. Plugged several of the UPS's into a 110v outlet. The APS 650's both seem to be working but when I test one of them its weak, and the other one seems fine. The other brands seem DOA or at least do nothing after being plugged into power for 2-3 hours.
Do I have to have the front panel switch turned to the "on" position to charge the UPS or will they charge when just plugged in? What is a normal time to bring them up to charge? 5-6 hours or longer?
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Hi Joe,
With the APC, what do you mean by weak?
On the other brands, did you replace the batteries or are you just trying to charge the old ones? With a 5-6 charge, I would think you would see something, but would not really run very long under load. With new UPS's out of the box, I cheat and plug them in and use them. I just count on the fact there will be no outage. I would give them at least 12 hours to charge.
You should not have to have the front switch on for the APC's to charge. I have a Back UPS 420 just sitting, plugged into the wall. <-- It's good for small lights or fish tanks. Not sure about the others, but I would think they are the same.
Dave
P.S. I used to have a T.V. plugged into a UPS and I still use them to power lights during the rare outage. The T.V. was fun, as cable still worked.