Re: replacement battery for APC UPS: motorbike batteries?

From: Peter Bennett (peterbb_at_nowhere.invalid)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:08:18 -0800

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:06:26 -0500, "xevious" <bobino69@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>> Does anyone have suggestions as to reasonably priced replacements for the
>> batteries in APC UPSes? The pack in my Smart-UPS1500 looke very much like
>> 2 motorbike batteries glued together (though I have not found any info on
>> characteristics).
>
>Yes they can be replaced but make double sure that the new batteries are of
>the MARINE type or they won't last long.
>

I expect you want "Deep Cycle" batteries, rather than "Marine"
(although many marine/RV batteries are deep cycle). 

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