[Novalug] Can I test a UPS battery?

[Jay Hart]

May I ask what brand and model of UPS you are using?

Jay

>
>  	I replaced the battery in one UPS yesterday, charged it
> all night, and swapped it out for the one on my wife's machine.
>
>  	Now the one she had, which will fit into a stack of three
> on my desk, has been running two or three years, maybe four,
> supporting one computer and its monitor (with the printer using
> it for surge control).
>
>  	We do have power failures occasionally; in fact, we came
> back a day or two ago from town to discover we had had a
> half-hour outage. All the computers were dead, of course. I
> didn't think to recharge the batteries, but simply got stuff
> going again.
>
>  	I say all that in case any of it might be relevant. I
> tried googling "UPS battery test" -- and got a mass of stuff way
> over my head, aimed at sysadmins and others who speak hardware a
> thousand times better than I do. It was all Greek to me -- if not
> cuneiform Hittite or hieroglyphics. (I do read a little Greek
> at great need.)
>
>  	I want to know whether the currently idle battery has
> enough life left to put into service, or whether it would be
> better to replace it now, before I do.
>
>  	Is there a cheap and simple gadget I can use? Or would an
> ordinary garage be able to test it for me? Should I let it sit
> and recharge overnight, or test it as is?
>
> --
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