[kwlug-disc] UPS sized battery purchasing locally?

[John Johnson]

Cranky is correct in that I was thinking of Interstate.
I have been in that shop and there is a variety of product - big and 
small - in there.

Caution: Batteries are not, necessarily, interchangeable.
If you do not have battery specs in the docs that came with the UPS then 
you have to use the batteries themselves as a reference.
If you can glean manufacturer & type/part number from the ones in the 
UPS then a match / cross-reference may be possible.
This is more difficult if the batteries in the UPS are unmarked black boxes.

jsquared

On 2014-06-01 14:16, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> I  think John is thinking of http://www.interstatebatteries.com.
>
> But in searching for the above site, I also found a competitor: 
> http://www.batterywholesale.ca/default.html
>
>
>
>
> On 1 June 2014 13:33, John Johnson <jvj at golden.net 
> <mailto:jvj at golden.net>> wrote:
>
>     I forget the name but there is a battery
>     (automobile/truck/motorcycle/tow-motor/etc) supplier off Victoria
>     near the river.
>     Seeing as they specialize in batteries and the UPS market is now
>     active - they may be able to help.
>
>     Also: Sayal - on Fountain St.near Toyota.
>
>     jhquared
>
>     On 2014-06-01 12:50, unsolicited wrote:
>>     Turns out my 3 wee little CypberPower 425VA UPS' don't have user
>>     replaceable batteries in them.
>>
>>     Seems that a number of the low end UPS' (keep your phone / modem
>>     / switch /router up across a brief power glitch), don't have user
>>     replaceable batteries. Who knew!
>>
>>     In this case, it seems like user replaceable means separate cover
>>     / compartment where one's fingers can't touch any nasty
>>     components and be shocked when stuck in to wrastle with the battery.
>>
>>     Of course, take the entire cover off and you're good to go.
>>
>>     Seems the batteries currently in them are very hard to find (one
>>     off for manufacture / model?), but there's lots of space in there
>>     for a larger battery. This one is 4"x2"x3.5" 'ish. Looks like
>>     there's room in there for something as big as about 5"x3"x3".
>>
>>     Where can such 12V batteries be purchased in K-W?
>>
>>     Given UPS and replacement battery prices at CanadaComputers,
>>     having to buy new again to replace seems outrageous
>>
>>     I'm sort of guessing K-W Surplus unlikely, Orion a possible.
>>
>>     Others?
>>
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