[kwlug-disc] UPS sized battery purchasing locally?

[unsolicited]

THANK YOU LIST! Your input has led me to a local solution (i.e. no 
shipping charges and could put the beasties in my hand to have a 
look/see, first).

Including - for my tower ups, what would have been $132 + shipping from 
ncix, so even more elsewhere (no mention at CanadaComputer.com), solved 
for $25 x 2, so more than $80 + shipping / brokerage saved because of 
you all, thank you so much. And for $10 more ($5x2) went from 7A to 9A 
for longer run time.

Summary: Well worth replacing UPS batteries, via local shops. Excellent 
people, good knowledge. Helpful. Significant savings, let alone over 
replacing entire unit. It's power, doesn't change much, either it has 
sufficient charge, or doesn't and usb connection tells things to shut down.

On my smaller units $25 for 3.4A battery sure beats replacing for $60 
(3.6A).

Dremelled out a couple of guides within the case, and alternate battery 
fits like a glove. i.e. Extra guides were in place for the OEM 
physically smaller battery, within a larger designated square area - the 
dimensions of which exactly match the one I acquired. Sadly, went from a 
3.6A to a 3.3A battery, but better than replacing entire unit. And since 
these are to power cordless phone base and separately router / switch / 
ata, I can live with the .2/.3A loss.

I expect the slightly larger CyberPower units will be much the same, but 
probably have a more popular battery more easily replaced, below. 
Probably without need for dremel, too. (Guessing.)

interstate - Worthy suggestion. Worthy to visit. No joy. (No product, 
let alone stock, for me.)

Dearborn plaza (Batteries Expert) - which I had thought of, but didn't 
expect they would have anything in this area. Thank you list! Boy was I 
wrong. Solution found. Very helpful young guy at the counter this time.

Battery Wholesale - didn't know about, thank you list! Also have a 
solution, and like Dearborn above, but slightly cheaper, solved the UPS 
tower battery problem.

sayal - can see from web site they would have had what I needed. Didn't 
need to go out there - problem solved above.

Metafore - didn't get to.

Thank you list, again!


On 14-06-01 12:50 PM, unsolicited wrote:
> Turns out my 3 wee little CypberPower 425VA UPS' don't have user
> replaceable batteries in them.
>
> Seems that a number of the low end UPS' (keep your phone / modem /
> switch /router up across a brief power glitch), don't have user
> replaceable batteries. Who knew!
>
> In this case, it seems like user replaceable means separate cover /
> compartment where one's fingers can't touch any nasty components and be
> shocked when stuck in to wrastle with the battery.
>
> Of course, take the entire cover off and you're good to go.
>
> Seems the batteries currently in them are very hard to find (one off for
> manufacture / model?), but there's lots of space in there for a larger
> battery. This one is 4"x2"x3.5" 'ish. Looks like there's room in there
> for something as big as about 5"x3"x3".
>
> Where can such 12V batteries be purchased in K-W?
>
> Given UPS and replacement battery prices at CanadaComputers, having to
> buy new again to replace seems outrageous
>
> I'm sort of guessing K-W Surplus unlikely, Orion a possible.
>
> Others?
>
>
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