![]() ![]() ![]() Many auto-parts stores will take them too. The 1500VA UPS offers more than double the battery life of a traditional VLRA UPS, and comes with a five-year advanced replacement warranty. For those in the US, Best Buy will take them, as well as your old Li Ion batteries (including old CR2032 CMOS batteries). The Vertiv Liebert® PSI5 Lithium-Ion UPS is designed to safeguard critical equipment in edge and distributed IT applications. Check you local listings for recycling centers. One thing really nice about SLA batteries is about 90% of the materials, including the hazardous lead content, can be recycled. Last - do NOT toss your old batteries into the trash. But when used together in the flashlight, they become cells in a 4-cell battery. Each individual AA battery is a battery on its own. Think of a flashlight/torch that uses 4 AA batteries. In this scenario, each individual battery is used as a "cell" in the larger battery. I recommend drawing a diagram or taking photos of the old configuration, and saving the frame/spacer and straps so you have a guide and parts to use to properly reassemble your replacement cells when they arrive.įor those confused about "cell" and "battery", many larger UPS use 2 or more batteries to make one big battery. There typically are small jumper cables (straps) too, cut to length and used to strap the terminals together correctly to ensure the proper series, parallel or series/parallel connections are made to provide the correct voltage output for the whole battery. These are standard SLA batteries strapped together. An example is this 4-cell frame or this 2-cell frame. ![]() The entire assembled battery is then inserted into the UPS battery compartment as one unit. So be sure to factor in shipping, which can be significant, but sometimes free.Īlso, when the whole UPS battery consists of more than one battery (cell), there often is some sort of bracket or other framework used by the UPS manufacturer that holds, aligns and spaces the cells properly to ensure correct polarities (and avoid shorts). And note today one distributor will price high with free shipping and the next day price low with shipping. I buy my UPS batteries from Apex, BatteryWholesale, Battery Mart, Batteryplex, RefurbUPS, Walmart or Amazon - depending on who has the best price on that day. I will, however, stick to my comment about never ever buying replacement batteries from the UPS maker. My bad and apologies to jsfitz54 and others reading. There certainly are other applications where it does not matter but I have not seen a UPS designed for SOHO use that does. In my haste (I was rushing to get out the door - an explanation, not an excuse), I completely ignored the word, "type" when he said, stick with the same type the manufacturer supplied as a replacement.įTR, I would not replace a SLA battery with a Li Ion (or LiFePO4) battery, or vice versa, unless the charger was specifically designed to support both types - and I don't know of any UPS with a charging system designed for that. So now loads "generate" current? Yeah right.Īfter re-reading, and this time taking the time to fully understand jsfitz54's post #2 above, I change my response. ![]()
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