oh my goodness we are a recycling company and we had no fking clue whether these were glued in or bolted in haha we tried smashing these of our loading dock and they stuck! good to know we can pry one off then cut underneath the remainder. thanks pal!!! this is the 6th video we watched that bothered to explain this
Thanks for the video!! It was helpful as I had to do a swap and saved a bunch of money by just changing the battery. This particular UPS, the battery can be hot-swappable and after reinstallation with the new batteries, just press the test button again and the warning lights will go off..
hahah we threw 10 of these off our loading dock (because smashing ups normally gets the battery and transformer out easily) and they wouldn’t come loose!!!
Big thanks - it helped me a lot - bought second-hand unit without batteries and messy cables - from Your video I could actually see how to connect the batteries correctly
Haha... I cant believe I needed to, but I thought I might go mad getting those original batteries out... I suspected double-sided tape, but there was no way to confirm! Thanks for the video ;)
thanks. it had been months after removing batteries and today installing new ones. wish i had seen your video when i ordered batteries. i made an ignorant decision going for lower price on special with higher amp hrs and now need to buy 4 s3 to fit.
Thank you Mark. I didn’t have the wiring diagram. My son is named Mark Davis. Myself I’m Elliott Davis. My mother’s father’s last name is Elliott. From the Scottish Elliott clan. Thank you again. From the Detroit Michigan area.
Question: Are those 2 UPS working together? I have a rack mount SmartUPS exactly like what you have and they are connected to my switches and firewall and I want to add another one for redundancy purpose. My switches don't have dual plugs. Is there a way to connect 2 of these SmartUPS 1500 in a parallel type setup so that when I have to change out the battery on one I don't have to completely turn off my switches?
Hmmm, why did you power down the UPS? Aren't those batteries hot-swappable? Shouldn't the UPS still be able to supply "wall" power to connected devices?
I just replaced the batteries in mine and its showing fully charged overnight. It's working well but the battery lights are all flashing together. No beeping or red lights of any kind. What do I about this?
I'm getting a minor spark when connecting wires to the battery. My UPS is using two 12v 12Ah batteries in series (plus to minus). Is this normal? I'm a big wuss when it comes to electricity.
Quite normal, and you also get the same thing happening if/when you change your car battery, and for the same reason, the circuitry is always on, and goes live as soon as you connect the batteries.
That's the beauty of these things, the batteries are "hot swappable" - the only caveat is that you won't have any back-up power if the mains failed whilst you did the battery swap, otherwise, swap and go, on the go.
How have you identified which was the faulty battery? Which parameter have you noticed degraded? Or have you replaced all the batteries together at once, without replacing only the faulty battery?
@@MrMeltedwellies I bought today new batteries, but I saw that the default ones have a life span of 3-5 years. In my case, they have died after around 3 years. Today I have spotted a new battery (Fiamm 12FGHL34, made in Vietnam) and with an expected lifecycle of 10-12 years. Search for Google for this battery, it's way more expensive than the Vision CP1290 model which was installed in the original pack. My only concern is that each battery has 8.4Ah capacity and not 9Ah, being the risk that the APC UPS to detect that the batteries don't have a larger capacity. Do you think that this would be an issue? I should receive the new batteries in few days.
oh my goodness we are a recycling company and we had no fking clue whether these were glued in or bolted in haha we tried smashing these of our loading dock and they stuck! good to know we can pry one off then cut underneath the remainder. thanks pal!!! this is the 6th video we watched that bothered to explain this
Glad it helped
Thanks for the video!! It was helpful as I had to do a swap and saved a bunch of money by just changing the battery. This particular UPS, the battery can be hot-swappable and after reinstallation with the new batteries, just press the test button again and the warning lights will go off..
Thank you. Excellent. Someone who speaks proper English!
Thanks for the warning about the double-sided tape or glue. I wasn't sure why our batteries were so stuck.
hahah we threw 10 of these off our loading dock (because smashing ups normally gets the battery and transformer out easily) and they wouldn’t come loose!!!
Big thanks - it helped me a lot - bought second-hand unit without batteries and messy cables - from Your video I could actually see how to connect the batteries correctly
Glad it helped
Thanks! But you forgot the screws too!😜
Haha... I cant believe I needed to, but I thought I might go mad getting those original batteries out... I suspected double-sided tape, but there was no way to confirm!
Thanks for the video ;)
Thank you. This was a life saver and great instructions!
You're welcome!
nice man, thank you for your effort with this video. It's helped me a lot. Thanks!
thanks. it had been months after removing batteries and today installing new ones. wish i had seen your video when i ordered batteries. i made an ignorant decision going for lower price on special with higher amp hrs and now need to buy 4 s3 to fit.
Thank you Mark. I didn’t have the wiring diagram. My son is named Mark Davis. Myself I’m Elliott Davis.
My mother’s father’s last name is Elliott. From the Scottish Elliott clan.
Thank you again.
From the Detroit Michigan area.
Thanks for watching Elliott Clan
Thanks! Swapping one out tonight!
Good luck! Chris
Thanks! Would have never guessed the double-sided tape. Fairly destroyed the tray trying to pry them out.
Thanks for the video. Probably saved me £260. Star!!
No problem 👍
thank you for your youtube video.. I need to learn this. I will hope that is so easy.
Is 1234W an overseas size or international catalog? I have multiple BP-8 batteries; look almost the exact same thing from my rackmount 1500.
How do you safely pry them out with the velcro attached?
Thanks for the video it helped a lot
No problem 👍
Question: Are those 2 UPS working together? I have a rack mount SmartUPS exactly like what you have and they are connected to my switches and firewall and I want to add another one for redundancy purpose. My switches don't have dual plugs. Is there a way to connect 2 of these SmartUPS 1500 in a parallel type setup so that when I have to change out the battery on one I don't have to completely turn off my switches?
You don't need turn off the UPS, this battery modules are hot swap.
Good video! Where those old battery's Yucels by any chance? The new CSB batteries you put in are actually made by Hitachi.
yes they were thanks for watching
Thank you
Hi, first of all thanks for the video, it was a big help. Can I use this battery: Duracell DR9-12
?
ill check
Hmmm, why did you power down the UPS? Aren't those batteries hot-swappable? Shouldn't the UPS still be able to supply "wall" power to connected devices?
Hi Garry the batteries were swollen so didn't want to chance it
what is the battery current
I just replaced the batteries in mine and its showing fully charged overnight. It's working well but the battery lights are all flashing together. No beeping or red lights of any kind. What do I about this?
UPS? It's not a word. YOO PEE ESS. haha
lmao one of our customers thought i was referring to United Parcel Service
Not to mention CS3 battery :D . The brand is CSB it comes from China Storage Battery
I'm getting a minor spark when connecting wires to the battery. My UPS is using two 12v 12Ah batteries in series (plus to minus). Is this normal? I'm a big wuss when it comes to electricity.
This is normal, per their documentation!
Quite normal, and you also get the same thing happening if/when you change your car battery, and for the same reason, the circuitry is always on, and goes live as soon as you connect the batteries.
can i do this while its on?
yes
That's the beauty of these things, the batteries are "hot swappable" - the only caveat is that you won't have any back-up power if the mains failed whilst you did the battery swap, otherwise, swap and go, on the go.
Thanks .batteries 24 or 48 v
Sorry cant remember
Looks like 12v , 2 in parallel and 2 in series for a 2s2p pack at 24v
Bolts!
CSB not CS3 :P, Ta! for it anyway :P
Forgot ya screws :)
How much can one sell these
Not sure try ebay
How have you identified which was the faulty battery? Which parameter have you noticed degraded?
Or have you replaced all the batteries together at once, without replacing only the faulty battery?
Hi Andreas i replaced all as they were all swollen thanks for watching
@@MrMeltedwellies I bought today new batteries, but I saw that the default ones have a life span of 3-5 years. In my case, they have died after around 3 years. Today I have spotted a new battery (Fiamm 12FGHL34, made in Vietnam) and with an expected lifecycle of 10-12 years. Search for Google for this battery, it's way more expensive than the Vision CP1290 model which was installed in the original pack. My only concern is that each battery has 8.4Ah capacity and not 9Ah, being the risk that the APC UPS to detect that the batteries don't have a larger capacity. Do you think that this would be an issue? I should receive the new batteries in few days.
Not right replacement. You need reset UPS Battery Constant.