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

[Pavel B. <boc...@po...>]

Which ones, first gen from the 90s? Have at least read the manual before 
spreading such nonsense? I think not.



4% load, which is like 20 watts, is absolutely useless for any testing. Hook
some incandescent bulbs to it, or some heater, anything, 200 W at least, 
preferably resistive load. Run test again, or rip the cord with stopwatch in
hand.

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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:
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<div dir='auto'>For the first time with this unit which has been in service for a long time I got the following e.mail:<br><br>2025-10-06 02:07:57 -0600  UPS battery must be replaced.<br>2025-10-06 02:07:52 -0600  UPS Self Test switch to battery.<br><br>And then I obtained the following:<br><br>APC      : 001,036,0935<br>DATE     : 2025-10-06 18:30:40 -0600<br>HOSTNAME : ras2<br>VERSION  : 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) debian<br>UPSNAME  : BE650G1<br>CABLE    : USB Cable<br>DRIVER   : USB UPS Driver<br>UPSMODE  : Stand Alone<br>STARTTIME: 2025-09-27 19:58:14 -0600<br>MODEL    : Back-UPS ES 650G1<br>STATUS   : ONLINE<br>LINEV    : 124.0 Volts<br>LOADPCT  : 4.0 Percent<br>BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent<br>TIMELEFT : 171.2 Minutes<br>MBATTCHG : 10 Percent<br>MINTIMEL : 5 Minutes<br>MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds<br>SENSE    : Medium<br>LOTRANS  : 92.0 Volts<br>HITRANS  : 139.0 Volts<br>ALARMDEL : No alarm<br>BATTV    : 13.5 Volts<br>LASTXFER : Automatic or explicit self test<br>NUMXFERS : 1<br>XONBATT  : 2025-10-06 02:07:52 -0600<br>TONBATT  : 0 Seconds<br>CUMONBATT: 8 Seconds<br>XOFFBATT : 2025-10-06 02:08:00 -0600<br>LASTSTEST: 2025-10-06 02:07:52 -0600<br>STATFLAG : 0x05000008<br>SERIALNO : 4B1725P37748<br>BATTDATE : 2017-06-25<br>NOMINV   : 120 Volts<br>NOMBATTV : 12.0 Volts<br>FIRMWARE : 906.W1 .D USB FW:W1<br>END APC  : 2025-10-06 18:31:40 -0600<br><br>However, the apcupsd plugin to webmin shows on the graphs that:<br><br>100% battery capacity<br>171 minutes run time remaining<br>4% load<br><br>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?<br><br>thanks<br><br>rich<hr>Apcupsd-users mailing list<br>Apc...@li...<br><a href='https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apcupsd-users'>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apcupsd-users</a><br></div>
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