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First of all, I live in Italy, Europe, so keep this in mind for Volt/Watt considerations. Standard voltage in Italian apartments is 220V.
The smart cable is a serial cable. One end shoud fit to the serial port of your PC. The other one may look different, depending on the UPS you have. Back-UPS®RS 700 Installation & Operation Overview Connect the battery Inventory Safety. Install PowerChute® Personal Edition software 1.Connect the supplied USB software interface cable to the data. Contact APC Technical Support for additional support. In my living room I have 2 APC ups, one being an ES-550 an. Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 174 Q&A communities. APC ups es 700 randomly overload. Ask Question 5. First of all, I live in Italy, Europe, so keep this in mind for Volt/Watt considerations. I'll try the reading with the pc software and see if.
In my living room I have 2 APC ups, one being an ES-550 and the other an ES-700
They each have 4 slots for surge protection only, and 4 slots for surge protection + battery backup.
Just to give all the information, they both got their battery replaced less than one month ago.
The ES-550 works fine, without any problem. On the battery I have connected:
- Pc
- Monitor
- Sony Bravia 46'
- 4th slot is empty
The ES-700 has the following on battery:
- Xbox 360
- Ps3 (standby when not used)
- Wii (standby when not used)
- Netgear 8 port switch (always on)
Here's what happens: the ES-700, randomly, but mostly at night when I'm sleeping, goes like 'overload', with the constant beep. If I try to shut it off keeping the power button pressed, nothing happens. The only thing that works is unplugging random stuff (sometimes unplugging 1 console works, other times I have to unplug all 4 devices).
Every time this happens the problem is 'real', meaning the 4 devices become unpowered, so it's not just an 'alarm no working properly' problem.
While I'm sleeping, of course, the power usage is what described on the list, 2 devices on standy, 1 off and 1 on.
Today it happened again while I was playing with my Ps3. I unplugged it, problem went away. I plugged it again, and it kept working fine.
I just can't figure out what's the problem. The only additional info I can provide is that this behaviour started after a big power outage last december 26 (a blackout that lasted almost all day) but the 'surge protection' part of those UPS should be there for those problems, to leverage peaks when power goes away or gets restored.
Another funny thing is, althought it might not be related, for a couple of days after that event the Wii was unable to power on, I thought its power transformer was broken, but then it suddenly started working again. I can be sure it's not the Wii overloading the UPS because the overload happens even if I leave the Wii unplugged.
Any suggestion is really appreciated, and I can provide any additional info, if needed, that didn't come to mind right now.
Thanks.
fixer12343 Answers
You appear to not be sure that one or more of the devices connected to the ES700 is the cause of the issue. So, eliminate them all as a potential suspect... or reveal them to be the trouble.
From your setup, you have a heavier load and demand on the lighter UPS. The ES550 is a 330 watt UPS, and the ES700 is a 405 watt unit. The PC, TV and Monitor should be drawing far more power than the game consoles and network switch. So, take a night for this little experiment. Plug all of the consoles and the network hub into the ES550. See if they cause the overload alarm to trip in that unit.
Now... to be sure, you would need to do the reverse as well. That means plugging the PC, TV, and monitor into the ES700. If the unit is fine, there is no reason why this should not work. If the unit is not fine... as in the unit (not the battery) is now defective or broken, this could put your devices at risk... so make sure that your APC warranty is good and will cover any damage to your devices.
I also understand this might not be possible to do... this kind of test, since the ES550 has different output plugs from the ES700. That is unfortunate, since from what you are describing, the problem might not be the consoles. The problem might be the DC power adapters that the consoles use. Even if the consoles are not on, the DC power adapters are still drawing power.
Bon GartBon GartHave you contacted APC yet for help troubleshooting the problem? If you contact APC, they should be able to walk you through the self-test procedure. (I think the test procedure is usually to power it off, then hold the button for many seconds after powering it back on.)
It's possible the unit has been damaged by one or more surges. Surge protection circuitry is often designed so it will absorb surges but will continue to let power through even after the surge protection effectiveness has been diminished.
It's also possible the new battery is defective. If you take the battery to a battery outlet, they will test it for free (at least, they do in the US). If the battery is good, then the only thing left are the electronics in the UPS, the wall outlet, and the devices you're plugging into the UPS.
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Try different things, one at a time. You can try plugging the UPS into a few different outlets and/or circuits to eliminate the wall outlet as a problem, and you can try swapping which devices are plugged into each UPS to figure out whether it's one of the devices that's suddenly drawing a lot of power. If none of that helps, then you're back to the electronics in the UPS as the most likely problem.
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robConnect the ES 700's data cable to a PC. Install the PowerChute CD if the PC is running Windows or apcaccess (there's a Debian package) if you are running Debian Linux (you also need to edit the configuration file afterwards to tell it it use a 'smart' USB cable afterward).
Either of these will give you a reading of what the current power draw is in realtime. It should also give you a bit more diagnostic information. It's entirely possible you might actually be overloading it. Doesn't the Wii power on when checking updates? Doesn't the PS3 do the same? These devices may all be fully powering on without you realizing it.
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