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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:16:33 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20060222151633.GB9730@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEGPFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
References:  <20060221140925.84974.qmail@web34007.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEGPFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>

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On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 03:07:21AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> 
> Fortunately, the used market is awash in UPSes that have burned out
> batteries.  Just find the local supplier of lead-acid gell cells and
> make friends with him and your in like flyn.  Any large city has at
> least 1 of them.

When buying a new ~$25 battery for an APS 650 I saw a pile of CS350's at
the battery store. Owner offered me as many as I wanted for only the
cost of a new $18 battery. So I now have a UPS on my satellite dish PVR.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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