[VoIP] APC UPS Question about the battery (resend)

[Mark Rudholm]

Don't worry about it.  The batteries are delivered charged,
and are happy to sit that way for a long time.

The gel-cells they use in those things are pretty tough
and tolerate full discharges better than common lead-acid
batteries you might find under the hood of a car.

-Mark

Jayson Smith wrote:
> I sent this to voip at lists.ckts.info and it never came through, so resending
> to voip at ckts.info.
> 
> Hi,
> 
>      I recently bought an APC UPS for my father for Christmas. I never
> thought about the health of the battery, otherwise I'd have probably waited
> until closer to time. Anyway, I know that it used to be that some batteries
> needed to stay charging if not in use, for the continued health of the
> battery. As far as I know, this UPS does not have the battery connected.
> It's not been taken out of the box. Should I leave it like that until
> Christmas, take it out, connect the battery, and leave it plugged in and
> turned on so as to have the battery continuously charging until right around
> Christmas day, or what? I'll almost certainly need sighted help to connect
> the battery terminals. Thanks for any help.
> Jayson