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In message <[email protected]>, Gerald writes: > >On Thu, 29 May 2003, Bill Woodcock wrote: > >> I've seen two previous APCs (both Matrixes) fry batteries... The >> batteries balloon up, and get really hot, and are too big to extract from >> the chassis. > >I've also personally witnessed an APC do this. I'm not a fan of APC. >They sent us a replacement APC but I still prefer the rack mount Tripp >Lites we used at the last company I worked for. > There was a recent recall of some of their home/SOHO UPSs -- battery overheating, with risk of fire. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
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