On 11/26/05, James <penroses@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast@gmail.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:08 PM
> Subject: [SLUG] Used UPS Source
>
>
> > Folks,
> > I am looking around for used UPS that have bad batteries, I know that
> there
> > are a lot of them setting around out there, but trying to figure out how
> to
> > scare them up. I am looking for anything above 700 watts capacity. I take
> > them and put external batteries on them and use them to power the usual
> > computers but also air pumps for fish operations.
> >
> > If anyone knows a good source of them I would like to know. I do not want
> > them refurbished, I want them as it as long as the electronics are good or
> > reasonably near it. The batteries can be dead or gone...
>
> I have a good sized one at work that has quit working because of bad
> batterys. I'll see if they will let me snag it. At the treatment plant where
> i work we go thru quite a few of them yearly We keep a supply of 6 spares
> around for this reason. A lot of them are smaller ups's since they are used
> to keep our plc's from getting damaged and also to keep them from resetting
> the pump and blower motors. Some have to be turned on manually after a
> reset.
James,
Thank you. I know that there are lot of closets and storage cabinets that have
them setting around waiting to be sent to the dumpster. I find that I can get
some batteries from a place on Florida and bring them back to life with a lot
more storage capacity. I also use them at switch sites to back up amateur
radio packet radio switches. It is also a way to giving old hardware a bit more
life before sending it to re-cycling or the dumpster.
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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