change ups battery or new ups??

[iinfi]

i v a APC back es 500 ups. specs below.
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battery gets discharged within 2-3 minutes these days. sud i change the battery or buy a new UPS?
how much wud a similar battery or UPS cost.

added: its 4 years old.... thats why i want to know whether investing in a new UPS wud be better?


thanks

 

[desiibond]

APC UPS's electronics are pretty rock solid.

First and foremost, get the battery checked and find out price of APC's new battery. If that's is around 50% of price of new APC UPS, go for new battery.

PS: Is it out of warranty? Generally UPS manufacturers give 2yr-3yr warranty on electronics and 1yr warranty on battery.

and BTW, the current generation of APC 500VA and 650VA UPS's are not having the monitoring port.

 

[iinfi]

mine has a monitoring port.
added: its 4 years old.... thats why i want to know whether investing in a new UPS wud be better?

n yes it is out of warranty. it blew off on 2 occasions during warranty and each time they replaced it with a refurbished one at my residence within 48 hours.

 

[kalpik]

Battery..

 

[realdan]

change battery....i change mine and now it is working fine