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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:26:51 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@lsi.com>
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Subject: Re: APC Battery Failure
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:45:16 -0600 "Hardiman, Richard"
<Richard.Hardiman@lsi.com> wrote:

> Hey Andy,
> As I was out the door this afternoon I did a last pass through the
> lab and noticed an odd smell (like burnt match) coming from one of
> the APC cabinets. I placed calls to LSI electrician and APC. With the
> help of the APC tech support I was able to pinpoint the problem, a
> battery had went bad and the casing had cracked, hence the sulfurish
> smell. I took the faulty battery offline and the cabinet is
> functioning properly but with reduced backup time. We will need to
> replace two of the batteries in the cabinet to get back to the
> original capacity. Have a great weekend !!


Nice catch, Rich.  Thanks for letting me know.

Cheers,

a
