UPS monitoring software and APC and Tripp lite UPSs

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Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> writes:

> On 11/13/2012 03:21 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Robert Moskowitz
>> <rgm at htt-consult.com <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Well my APC smart1400 has died, shorted battery.  So I am in the
>>     market for a new unit.
>>
>>
>> And replacing the battery is impossible because?
>
> I suspect the charging circuit is fried.   The spot where the board is
> is very hot!  Like burn hand hot.
>
> I WAS able to pry out the battery tray, and it is running in line
> conditioner mode (something I really need) for now.  But I can't see
> spending the money for new batteries only to have find out that the
> ups continues to overheat and reset itself.

If cells of the batteries are shorted out, they might draw a strong
current which might be causing the UPS to get hot.


BTW, do I need to set up something to monitor my UPS, or is that all
covered by default after installing Fedora?  I can see upowerd running,
but its manpage doesn't tell me much, so I don't know what it actually
does.  Is there a way to get some information from the UPS like there
was with nut?

If something is configured to happen when the power fails (and the
battery runs low), where are the configuration files for this?


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