Re: [Apcupsd-users] question about battery life information consistency

[Tom <ro...@co...>]

In the Smart-UPS models the battery replacement message is based on the date the battery was installed, which must be manually set (unless there's some other issue going on). I THINK the BackUPS models are the same.

Regards,
Tom

On October 7, 2025 12:39:59 AM UTC, Rich Painter <pai...@gm...> wrote:
>For the first time with this unit which has been in service for a long time I got the following e.mail:
>
>2025-10-06 02:07:57 -0600  UPS battery must be replaced.
>2025-10-06 02:07:52 -0600  UPS Self Test switch to battery.
>
>And then I obtained the following:
>
>APC      : 001,036,0935
>DATE     : 2025-10-06 18:30:40 -0600
>HOSTNAME : ras2
>VERSION  : 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) debian
>UPSNAME  : BE650G1
>CABLE    : USB Cable
>DRIVER   : USB UPS Driver
>UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
>STARTTIME: 2025-09-27 19:58:14 -0600
>MODEL    : Back-UPS ES 650G1
>STATUS   : ONLINE
>LINEV    : 124.0 Volts
>LOADPCT  : 4.0 Percent
>BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
>TIMELEFT : 171.2 Minutes
>MBATTCHG : 10 Percent
>MINTIMEL : 5 Minutes
>MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
>SENSE    : Medium
>LOTRANS  : 92.0 Volts
>HITRANS  : 139.0 Volts
>ALARMDEL : No alarm
>BATTV    : 13.5 Volts
>LASTXFER : Automatic or explicit self test
>NUMXFERS : 1
>XONBATT  : 2025-10-06 02:07:52 -0600
>TONBATT  : 0 Seconds
>CUMONBATT: 8 Seconds
>XOFFBATT : 2025-10-06 02:08:00 -0600
>LASTSTEST: 2025-10-06 02:07:52 -0600
>STATFLAG : 0x05000008
>SERIALNO : 4B1725P37748
>BATTDATE : 2017-06-25
>NOMINV   : 120 Volts
>NOMBATTV : 12.0 Volts
>FIRMWARE : 906.W1 .D USB FW:W1
>END APC  : 2025-10-06 18:31:40 -0600
>
>However, the apcupsd plugin to webmin shows on the graphs that:
>
>100% battery capacity
>171 minutes run time remaining
>4% load
>
>I had obviously run a battery test based on the e.mail I got. But then how does the status is currently shows make sense?
>
>thanks
>
>rich
>
>
>
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