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Dave Donley
 Post subject: Re: Recycled UPS
PostPosted: Dec 22nd, '11, 05:17 
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? The ones I've seen all have normal power sockets.
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gorotsuki69 wrote:
MGE pulsar evolution 800 UPS.


Mine showed the same symptoms when I dusted it off, when I connected the new battery it came back to life. The way I saw it was; I'm up for a battery if the UPS works or not.
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Pulsar evolution series is an online UPS from memory so it won't work without a battery. Again from memory there is no light untill you press the power button for about 3 secs to start it.

Jamie, You can get adapters at places like dick smith/jaycar for about $5.

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I tried hooking up my new marine battery to the used UPS this weekend and it immediately clicked and showed the overload light.


Dave, try checking the battery voltage 1st. Or even give it a charge on a normal charger. Quite possible it is low due too sitting on the shelf for a long time and the UPS has not got the grunt to charge that big a battery.
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thanks Privateer

So I need a car battery as well? and cables? step by step instructions please :)
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 Post subject: Re: Recycled UPS
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Thanks Priv I'll try seeing if it needs some charge!
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thanks privatter , off battery shopping I go after the xmas chaos
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Jaymie wrote:
okay, so last week I scored a ups from work, but it has the sockets that go into computers, not normal power sockets. how do I hook up the air pump to this?


http://www.alphaenergy.com.au/CABFAMI10A-15M

Replacing the battery process depends a bit on what UPS it is.


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Privatteer wrote:
Pulsar evolution series is an online UPS from memory so it won't work without a battery. Again from memory there is no light untill you press the power button for about 3 secs to start it.

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damn, the Pulsar 800 is 24v, the 2x12v batteries were connected in series and the manual confirms it.
http://www.wave.no/datasheet.html?id=85 ... gory_id=69

apart from getting a 2nd car battery in series is there a way I can still use this using 1 car battery?
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Jaymie wrote:
thanks Privateer

So I need a car battery as well? and cables? step by step instructions please :)



Is anyone willing to write up a how-to. Even if it's not going to be the same for every UPS it's just worth knowing if it's something we readers could contemplate attempting.

Perhaps the next person to do it could take a few photos as they do.
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my one doesn't need a battery, but I have no idea how long it will last once the power goes out
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Google "ups car battery" bullwinkle
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Hey belleye, do you play modern warfare? Your avatar indicates you are into such things...


Its a battlefield 3 image, and he has his profile in his sig..

I just tried to add you as a friend in Battlelog
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Privatteer wrote:
Dave, try checking the battery voltage 1st. Or even give it a charge on a normal charger. Quite possible it is low due too sitting on the shelf for a long time and the UPS has not got the grunt to charge that big a battery.


I have fixed hundreds of UPS's and never once had a flat battery.
They have a built in trickle charger to charge the battery when it is low.
If the battery was simply flat from sitting on a shelf for too long, the UPS would charge it.

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What kind of batteries do they have in them?
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