This is a note for Future John. Today I got two new RM12-9HR REMCO VRLA Batteries for each of two PowerShield Defender 1600VA UPS systems. The RM12-9HR batteries are 8.5 Ah 12 V batteries I paid AU$65 each for four of them.
I have some old UPS devices which I’m going to have the batteries replaced in this week.
The one on the left is the OPTI-UPS Enhanced Series – ES-C 1KVA.
The one on the right is the PowerShield Defender 1600VA.
My new 10-way powerboard arrived today and I wired it into the booth along with a PowerShield Defender 1200 UPS battery which I had spare.
Then I had two spare powerboards so I installed one of them (with an RCD Safety Switch) behind the bench. You can see it in the photo below. The thing you can see plugged in on the top is my Watt Meter, it reports on current draw and power usage.
I am pretty happy with today’s handiwork.
I had to get new batteries in four of my UPS devices which involved a lot of plugging and unplugging. Since I was down there under my desk I took some time to vacuum and do a better job of my cable labeling.
While I was sorting cables I found one with a frayed end which I decided to keep for spare parts. In makes me nervous just looking at this thing. That’s a mains power lead with bare ends, it’s a death sentence waiting to happen! But that bit of cable with that attachment might very well come in handy some time so I will file it in its relevant drawer.
Note to self: my mate Mitchell from Battery World, Penrith hooked me up with new batteries for my PowerShield Defender 1200VA systems: ‘LOVE UPS’ and ‘ORAC UPS’. The batteries have a 12 month warranty if there turns out to be problems.
So today I added a Power section to John’s Linux page.
Particularly some notes on using the ‘upsc’ and ‘upscmd’ commands in Reporting on PowerShield DEFENDER UPS status and Run commands on PowerShield DEFENDER UPS batteries sections.