UPS - Dead Battery & Dead PC?

Ben643

Ben643

Ben643

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So I've had this UPS around 5 years: Cyberpower PFC Sinewave Series 1500VA UPS (CP1500EPFCLCD)

Recently something tripped the fuse in our house and my UPS started complaining. Went and looked at the display and it says "Fault F02" or something on the screen. Because it's been on for about 5 years solid I'm guessing the battery is just shot so was wanting to try replacing the battery before I shell out for a completely new one.

However, my PC now won't power on either :( after it happened I unplugged the UPS and thought I'll just power on my PC without a UPS until I can get a new battery, but when I plugged the power cable into my power supply, there was a loud pop/bang and a huge spark.

So a few questions really:

  1. Where can I find a new battery for the UPS?
  2. How do I determine if the PC killed my UPS or the UPS killed my PC?
  3. Anyone know of any guides on the best way of diagnosing which parts are fried? (I've got a reasonable amount of experience building machines but almost 0 experience with electrical faults and diagnosing them.
 
Is there a way to officially test the PSU before I go out and buy a new one? I only bought it just over a year ago (Start of Jan 2018) so it should still be under warranty anyway, but would rather be able to tell them it's 100% dead before RMAing - it's a Seasonic FOCUS Plus 650 Gold.
 
Thanks all, finally got chance to look at this again recently. I returned the power supply and put the replacement in. It's powering on again now :) just can't get Windows to boot anymore so need to see what's going on there.
 
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