-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Daniel writes:
That's got to be a rough gig, APC trying to get people to upgrade their equipment
Perhaps not as bad as you think. Most places that need UPSes aren't going to be downsizing their requirements, so having a trade-up program will get those customers buying more APC equipment rather than going to the competition. I've done that -- during a server consolidation project we traded in 16 BackUPS units for one Matrix3000 unit (with additional $$$). We might have gone to one of the other vendors, but this way we avoided paying a disposal fee for the BackUPSes, and got a slight price break on the Matrix3000 too. - --Bob. On 2016-06-20 01:35 PM, Daniel Villarreal via talk wrote:
On 06/20/2016 11:50 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:54:21AM -0400, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
Wow, by pressing the right-hand button on my APC Back-UPS XS1000, I can see lots of status information, nice!
... Back-UPS XS900... replaced the fan... Now the dual-batteries need to be replaced... I refused to buy APC-branded batteries, thinking that I could save lots of money...
Hmm this might be a helpful place (keele and steeles): http://excessups.ca/apc-back-ups-xs-900-900va-bx900r-battery
After researching for RBC5 units and Vision CP 1270, both here and in the U.S.A., your solution (CAD $45.99 + Ground CAD $12.50, or free pick-up in North York) appears to be the best for me, Thank you.
For baseline comparison, APC wants 99.99 for replacement battery unit.
At APC's site, for selecting battery, and also for potential trade-up, one goes to http://www.apc.com/ca/en/support/index.jsp BATTERY REPLACEMENT FINDER
They even have refurbishes APC SU1500 for $250, which I think is tempting. I could use one more of those.
"APC Trade-UPS is a 1-phase UPS program that offers new and existing customers the ability to trade in older battery backup units for the most up-to-date 1-phase power protection models at discounted prices."
For the APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 700 (BR700G) the Trade-up discount looks to be about 20%, but that's probably a toy to you.
SU1500RMX155 and SU1500RMXLX157 are discontinued at APC, hmm. Assuming there's a newer, more-updated model, would there be a reason to upgrade?
That's got to be a rough gig, APC trying to get people to upgrade their equipment.
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