[TriLUG] UPS batteries from e-bay

[tj]

I bought   cheap batteries on Ebay, they had a short life.
better buy good batteries, not on Ebay. (hardly to find  a good seller
that sell  good batteries on ebay now).

I bought  2 batteries on Ebay (three years ago).
not cheap batteries, more expensive than  any seller on Ebay at that time.
It lasted  for 2.5 years .



On 8/26/07, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> I've been buying 12V,6-7AH UPS batteries for several years
> from Batteries+. They last about the warrantee period (2yrs)
> and have no complaints about the batteries other than they
> are expensive.
>
> Last replacement cycle (a year ago), I found that I could
> get equivalent (Zeus) batteries for half the price from
> e-bay. Wow, a battery is a battery right?!
>
> I've had the Zeus batteries (about 10 of them) a year now
> and everyone of them has failed (UPS alarms going off). When
> I open up the UPS, I find the batteries swollen, cracked and
> leaking.
>
> I'm off to Batteries+ tomorrow.
>
> (I wish the APC UPSs had a straight through option. When the
> batteries fail, you just can't switch off the UPS and let
> the power go straight through. You have to listen to the
> beeping or turn off your machine.)
>
> Joe
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