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...S brands and models, and the effect ranges from confusion about state-of-charge (~2002 350W APC; with battery door, incidentally) to fried battery charging circuitry (350W MGE Evolution). * For testing power failure scenarios, I would use a power strip switch or a circuit breaker before tripping a GFCI. I have no scientific basis for that, just feels better for some reason. * Although you certainly have a point about not letting UPS batteries wither on the shelf, if someone is planning to set up many independent UPS-computer pairs with inexpensive UPSes, it might be worth having a "hot spar...

...t; confusion about state-of-charge (~2002 350W APC; with battery door, > incidentally) to fried battery charging circuitry (350W MGE > Evolution). > I agree with that. > * For testing power failure scenarios, I would use a power strip > switch or a circuit breaker before tripping a GFCI. I have no > scientific basis for that, just feels better for some reason. > The contacts in a GFCI (if your talking about the GFCI's that are inside an electrical outlet) are much smaller and not as robust as those in a power strip switch or circuit breaker. They are mainly intended a...

I think the time for me to get involved in NUT documentation has come again. Late last week I had to buy a UPS under time pressure. The Eaton unit that thus project gifted me with in 2006(?) died during a severe thunderstorm watch, so it was off to MicroCenter to get a replacement pronto. I wound up buying an APC BN700MC. It was what they had in the performance range I needed. The removable