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([208.58.149.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 30sm7649243yxk.6.2009.04.30.10.58.42 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49F9E6D1.305@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:58:41 -0400 From: Eric Martin Organization: Snowbound Software User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090325) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead? References: <658900.3774.qm@web31601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <5bdc1c8b0904301040m71f610a2vfeebdb004e8828a0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0904301040m71f610a2vfeebdb004e8828a0@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0D874ECC7E0C81DE57207AE5" X-Archives-Salt: b6c9bf31-3029-4c71-9bec-dca649c94b5e X-Archives-Hash: fc874a301738bf29c715515b3dfb4417 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0D874ECC7E0C81DE57207AE5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM, maxim wexler wro= te: > =20 >> =20 >>> Unplug all your electronic devices and plug in a lamp with >>> a 100 Watt >>> incandescent light build. With the lamp on unplug the UPS >>> from the >>> wall and see what happens. If the battery is dead it won't >>> last all >>> that long. >>> =20 >> Gave ~5 mins. So I let it charge for 24 hrs now it gives me 36 mins. W= hich is wierd; what happened to all that charge? I haven't had to use it = for 6-7 mons. Isn't the unit supposed to stay topped-up? >> =20 > > Well, assuming it was a 100 Watt incandescent that really draws 100 > Watts, then that's probably 1/2 to 1/3 the draw of a typical desktop > PC implying you would get 12-18 minutes before shutdown. (Really rough > ideas - just numbers, etc. Don't take it too seriously.) > > =20 snip >> Another thing: When I do the remove-the-usb-cable test I don't see the= "communication lost" error in apcupsd.events until I switch the dial-up = off and on quickly! >> >> In the conf file I have DEVICE: /dev/ttyS[0-3] because the default, /d= ev/ttyS0, locks out the modem. But why does the UPS need to know about se= rial ports? It connects by this funny RJ-45/USB cable. I wonder does the = manufacturer assume the serial port won't be used? >> =20 > > Strange stuff but above my pay grade... > > - Mark > > =20 It's not supposed to say DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 for USB, it should just be blank as per /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf --------------enig0D874ECC7E0C81DE57207AE5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJJ+ebRAAoJEGoJzenm00C5YbgQAJTMpiaYywkrN6hoP4LTT8Z6 jyn6PHwJ9tvRPaZ75DU/F64s1W6a2+dOdTcA59txv0f+MxzE8+S+2vowza/4w8l6 Mz2qxjnbn5I80JnFiFYF3J5fcuc7J3N3Dj3B+uH4qQK/Sh+tLItEvno46kx1if6K HRVeM4uUJtBAHiJ2YRhHuxdi9Lkjx7+cq7Nf4Jkv6sn3CUwu4UpNGoqKRiUirQYc +H3ldXPDLmFdr+c/VcVcuIPA8tcKiLqIwu66Q92dX3duQ31E8n3nFHG7Y5eCDM22 q08xxNP5V9EHpbkaFb1CKcUxzAq9wG8IvyK4DxU2O3ilRfTfiGzs+TutBcy7HXB3 wfGuDi+UNE5uIHHj3aB+Xvnft10CJUKDIr21WUxBAv87yQaGZZ1F+R4ax6iXM7io mtveOV/IYM7bi5FlG8BaIn83J199BDhWYeL3Of+jBH2Y8y6ZH8r2Z8olUrPu52qB DjvV6hTqBV6xnTJTzckVrHg5JBN3OFuxL/nlrNe6op5tIbXJg0s82BiVG+bRqRRs cReNoUSlH+LhtHPDRtGcG+VW2LY4NHf7jvatQdHGh3GlYyBqdUWUbTMMcZlxoB88 9PuB5B/cdjIzw3cqQ8zgLovtq9+7/LO6UNnk+fEbuymJOj8jcvfyJjTDzBDqGv7e dS9jm4ajJ1paBcK1Ah6N =QgCE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0D874ECC7E0C81DE57207AE5--