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04

APC Battery Backup

By Ross Williams | Posted on 2008 4:05 PM | Comments on 1 comment

Battery backups for servers are a must nowadays; however, i have come to dislike the design of the APC units. Inside one of these APC units, comes with two battery packs with 4 cells attached to each. It has been a common headache for us when one or more of these cells "blow up." This causes the battery cells to become stuck inside the unit. The units come with a hot swappable feature; however, it does no good when you cannot take the cells out normally. The top of the unit must be unplugged completely and the top of the unit must be taken off the retrieve the cells. I can only hope that these manufacturers come up with a better design some day. Please APC, hear my cries!

This post is categorized under: Hardware, IT

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  1. Greg said on 1/5/2008 4:33 PM Approve this comment

    Ross I have to agree, seeing the batteries in there half exploded seems like a a design mistake. It has been that way with every APC unit I have ever seen.

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