Can I fix my UPS?

Quartz · 2 Sep 2020 at 21:59

I have an APC Back-UPS 1400 which is dead as a doornail. No lights, no noises, no nothing. It failed when I replaced the batteries (purchased direct from APC). It's still dead with the old batteries.

Is this something a non-electrician can investigate and fix?

Quartz · 3 Sep 2020 at 10:44

LeMson said:
I can foresee no problems with this venture.

I am no electrician.

Quartz · 3 Sep 2020 at 20:25

EsaT said:
What's the precise model number?

BX1400UI

EsaT said:
Also that fuse of battery connection is easy to check.

Where is the fuse? What does it look like?

Quartz · 3 Sep 2020 at 22:04

no idea what said:
Honestly at this point you need to just stop.

Fair enough. I'm no electrician, but I know enough to know that I'm dealing with dangerous currents.

Quartz · 3 Sep 2020 at 22:05

EsaT said:
And that model has power factor of only 0.5 and despite of that big marketing number actual output power is only 700W.

So which one do you recommend for home use? It was protecting my PC.

Quartz · 6 Sep 2020 at 18:44

Cyberpower have been recommended elsewhere. Unfortunately OCUK don't sell them so I'll be throwing some money at the river place.

Quartz · 5 Jul 2021 at 18:16

Purgatory said:
Did you reset the breaker on the APC UPS ?

You're a little late to the party. I replaced it with a Cyberpower UPS and was sufficiently impressed to purchase a second.

Quartz · 5 Jul 2021 at 18:52

Purgatory said:
hope you didn't bin it

I did. I'm in quite a small flat and have limited space so have to be pretty ruthless with chucking stuff out.