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PIPE CLEANERS... was: APC Matrix 5000 question(s)

  • From: bmanning
  • Date: Wed Aug 02 22:14:02 2006 
 pipecleaners?

http://www.ppsa-online.com/about-pigs.php#UTILITY%20PIGS

do they make one for Internet Pipes?

--bill


On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:59:29PM -0700, joe mcguckin wrote:
> Can't you guys take this off-list? I'm seeing this thread gatewayed  
> on *another* mailing list also.
> 
> Somehow, APC battery maintenance doesn't seem like a critical topic  
> (unlike for example, internet pipe cleaning day) ^)
> 
> 
> Joe McGuckin
> ViaNet Communications
> 
> [email protected]
> 650-207-0372 cell
> 650-213-1302 office
> 650-969-2124 fax
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:34 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> >
> >On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Matthew Sullivan wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>[email protected] wrote:
> >>>Update: I replaced the batteries today, and indeed, several of  
> >>>the old
> >>>ones (mostly in the first pack) were split and some had popped a  
> >>>couple of
> >>>their "sealed" tops.
> >>>
> >>>I left for several hours and came back to the house stinking like  
> >>>burning
> >>>rubber.  The new batteries are apparently melting the terminal  
> >>>rubber
> >>>insulation.  I had to throw it back into bypass mode and unplug  
> >>>that pack
> >>>(the only one with new batteries!)
> >>>
> >>>Any ideas to the cause?  The status screens looked ok. ("no bad  
> >>>batteries"
> >>>again)
> >>>
> >>Tip: Except where a newly supplied battery is faulty, replace all or
> >>none - across all your packs connected to the same UPS.
> >
> >Understood...that's why I unplugged the other 2 XR packs from the UPS.
> >APC rejected the notion that there was a controller problem, until  
> >they
> >had me perform the battery test, when it not only cut power (batteries
> >were fried anyway), it stayed in test mode until bypassed.   
> >According to
> >them, even with dead batteries, it should come out within 5-10  
> >seconds.
> >
> >James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
> >[email protected]							    
> >http://3.am
> >====================================================================== 
> >===
>