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> I've never had any issues with APC UPSs, but have known several people 
> who had belkin or tripplites that croaked for no apparent reason.
>
> I've also never tried replacing the batteries in any of my units. 
> They've all been running fine since the day I bought them (other than 
> the one that got covered in about 4" of water, that one pretty much 
> bit the dust :) )
>
> Also, at least from when I've been looking, the APC units tend to be 
> the least expensive of the various UPSs out there, each time I've 
> bought one, the belkins and tripplites were 10-25% more.
>
> WMM
>
> On 12/19/05, *Van Loggins* <vanloggins at gmail.com 
&gt; &lt;<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:vanloggins";>mailto:vanloggins</a> at gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt;     I used to have a Minuteman XRT-1000 that I used for several years
&gt;     until it finally died on me, that was the best UPS I have ever owned.
&gt;
&gt;     Because I liked this unit so much I just bought a Minuteman Pro
&gt;     700 UPS, hopefully it will impress me just as much as it's older
&gt;     brother did when it was alive and well. :)
&gt;
&gt;     Thanks for the feedback guys. No more APC ups units for me.
&gt;
&gt;     Van
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;     On 12/19/05, *Van Loggins* &lt;vanloggins at gmail.com
&gt;     &lt;<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:vanloggins";>mailto:vanloggins</a> at gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt;         I would have suspected this too if the seller didn't have good
&gt;         feedback.
&gt;
&gt;         this is his store site on ebay
&gt;
&gt;         <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://stores.ebay.com/Gruber-Power-Services";>http://stores.ebay.com/Gruber-Power-Services</a>
&gt;
&gt;         this evening I am going to get my voltmeter out and test my
&gt;         old batteries and then test my &quot;new batteries&quot; to see how much
&gt;         juice they have. I may have to borrow my father's lawn mower
&gt;         battery charger so I can charge them up to see how much charge
&gt;         they will hold. I'm fairly certain that my APC Smart-UPS 1000
&gt;         is shot though.
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;         On 12/19/05, *James P. Kinney III* &lt;
&gt;         jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
&gt;         &lt;<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jkinney";>mailto:jkinney</a> at localnetsolutions.com&gt;&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt;             Those &quot;brand new&quot; batteries off of ebay are worn out. Go
&gt;             to Batteries
&gt;             Plus and buy really brand new ones. Take both sets of your
&gt;             old one back
&gt;             to them. They will handle the recycling of them (the
&gt;             batteries are taken
&gt;             apart and the lead is extracted and made into more batteries.)
&gt;
&gt;             One of the biggest scams on EBay is &quot;new&quot; batteries for
&gt;             power supplies.
&gt;             The only way to tell is to do some serious charging
&gt;             circuit monitoring
&gt;             with manufacturing specs to compare with.
&gt;
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Have had APC for several years, with no problems. The last UPC I bought 
however, is an import (Made in China via Walmart.com). During the ice 
storm last week, we got hit with multiple back-2-back powerhits. All 
systems on APC UPS's (including my printer), were fine, my wife's system 
is on the Made in China UPS had crashed because the UPS went into a 
selftest mode causing it to shutdown power. As soon as I can, that one 
is getting replaced with an APC, and you'll probably see my Made in 
China UPS on e-Bay.

Scott Castaline


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