[Novalug] Can I test a UPS battery?

[Mark Smith]

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:44:15AM -0400, Dan Arico wrote:
> Basically, what you need to do is charge it and then put a load on it to 
> see how long it will last. I'd use light bulbs.

of if you have a spare computer/monitor handy, boot it off of a
cdrom and then time it.  if you have another computer to monitor
the voltage through the serial port (if one exists) do that too.

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