I used to revive bad car batteries by buying a gallon jug of sulphuric acid at a welding supply shop, and dumping the acid out of the battery and refilling it with new stuff. They would last another 3 years through cold MN winters before they needed to be thrown out. I wonder if you could do that with the APC battery... > -----Original Message----- > From: andy at theasis.com [mailto:andy at theasis.com] > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 4:33 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Cc: TCLUG > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] UPS batteries (again) > > > > It seems unlikely that a year-old battery would be bad. > Anyone have a > > recommendation? > > Maybe. Depends on how long it was sitting in what conditions, > including > along with a dead one. > > You may want to test it just replacing the (apparently) oldest one, > but if that works safest bet is to replace them both. $130 is > a steal for > that UPS. > > Andy > > > > > -Tim > > > > -- > > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >