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jonsenge
Jul 24, 2012Aspirant
UPS battery lengths?
I'm new to all of this, so any help would be much appreciated!! I just installed my first UPS battery backup (APC BE550G Back-UPS ES 8 Outlet 550VA 120V). FrontView is showing all systems green on ...
jonsenge
Jul 24, 2012Aspirant
I just double checked. I am indeed plugged into the surge protector + battery backup half of the UPS. I do only have the NV+ and a WD USB hard drive plugged into it. I just rechecked FrontView after updating to the latest firmware and I still have 476 minutes indicated.
If you're only showing 45 minutes on your setup, what could mine mean? Is there any way to test a power failure and rely on the battery, and watch the auto shutdown happen? The suggestion above on testing the shutdown doesn't test the battery backup portion of the rig.
If you're only showing 45 minutes on your setup, what could mine mean? Is there any way to test a power failure and rely on the battery, and watch the auto shutdown happen? The suggestion above on testing the shutdown doesn't test the battery backup portion of the rig.
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