Re: [LUG] Anyone want an old UPS?

[Graham Pearce <graham.pearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 31/12/2010 17:18, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> Free to a good home...
>
> It's an MGE Pulsar 1500C - the 2U rack mount version. Get the manual 
> here:
>
>   http://unicorn.drogon.net/mge.pdf
>
> This is a good, but old (10 years) UPS and does double-conversion. 
> It's rated at 1500VA - or about 1KW of PC type kit, depending on the 
> power factor. (You'll get about 15 minutes run-time at half load) It 
> has serial and USB connections for monitoring and control (although 
> I've never used them)
>
> The down-side is that the batteries are dud. It needs 4 x 12V 6AH SLAs 
> - which are about £11.00 each at Mole Vallery Farmers.
>
> I put new batteries in it some 5 years ago - I guess they've expired 
> now. The unit beeps and light up the "battery problem" LED... (Which 
> is what it did last time when I replaced the batteries)
>
> You can collect or I'll deliver locally (A38 ish)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gordon

I would be very interested. Is there alot of extra space for the batteries?
I've got lots of 7Ahr batteries in my van.



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