Christopher Gahlon wrote: > > Any place that sells sealed lead acids should be fine. Batteries Plus comes to > mind. > http://batteriesplus.com/locator.html > > Just a head up though. Back when I was working for Mn/DOT we used to replace > lots of batteries in UPS and sometime APC units had to be returned to the Mfgr > for "Calibration" for a nominal fee. The UPS didn't work for very long, if at > all, with the new batteries. So if it has very short life on the new ones > that's probably why. It's not that hard to program... I used to work on the > BBU that went in the power supply for the AS/400 and that thing worked > slick. (The power supply it plugged into was another horror story though... > When it fails it sometimes shoots flames!! ;-) Anyway, I'm rambeling on here. > The fee for calibration was cheap compared to the shipping charges.... > This isn't clear to me; can you clarify? If I buy a new battery for a UPS, are you saying that it needs to be "calibrated:" by the manufacturer before use, or the new battery will not last? -- Lan Barnes lanbarnes at earthlink.net Icon Consulting, Inc 858-273-6677 Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed. - Maria Montessori