UPS Just went bang!

9761 · 11 Feb 2006 at 15:33

UPS Just went bang bought new one quick question?

Hi,

Turned my PC on and my uPS went bang so Ive left it and decided to open it up just now to find that my circuit breaker had blown.

Do you think it would still be operational?
Its a Belkin Silver series 500

Ive also bought a new belkin UPS the one OCUK sell :Belkin 650VA Superior Series Emergency Battery Backup (F6H650UKUNV)

but which would be the best to hook it upto my computer serial or USB?
I have a serial and a USB cable doing nothing here but wanted to know which would be the best?

thanks

Berserker · 11 Feb 2006 at 15:52

Being high-power electics, when they go bang they tend to stay banged.

I've had a UPS go bang. Scared the **** out of me. I can still remember it and it happened in 1990. I also managed to turn off an entire student hall of residence at the time.

Touches (genuine) wood that my 1500VA monster doesn't go bang - it would be a bit bad. :eek:

9761 · 11 Feb 2006 at 16:33

First post updated

zain · 11 Feb 2006 at 17:27

thought you meant the company then

Duke · 11 Feb 2006 at 18:00

Berserker said:
Touches (genuine) wood that my 1500VA monster doesn't go bang - it would be a bit bad.

That would be like a mini nuke going off in the room

MAllen · 11 Feb 2006 at 18:55

Strange timing.... my APC UPS also died on me. Though I have the advantage that the batteries can be replaced. So I'll just nip to a local electronics store and purchase a new battery.

Could be worth looking inside the Belkin to see if the battery is replaceable. Though. with the standard Belkin "quality", I doubt it.....

9761 · 11 Feb 2006 at 19:36

The battery is replaceable but the circuit breaker blowup all black around it but the battery and the rest looks untouched.

MAllen · 11 Feb 2006 at 19:47

9761 said:
The battery is replaceable but the circuit breaker blowup all black around it but the battery and the rest looks untouched.

Well - it is a cheapo Belkin. At least it didn't damage the PC or equipment attached to it.

9761 · 11 Feb 2006 at 19:51

But it scared me to death

Cyber-Mav · 11 Feb 2006 at 19:52

dont these things come with a lifetime guarantee and also loads of cash back if they damage something?

MAllen · 11 Feb 2006 at 20:01

9761 said:
But it scared me to death

My one scared me tooo. I didn't have the monitoring lead attached to my PC, so there was no warning at all. Just a loud bang, a clunk, then a blank screen on the PC, then fans and drives wirring down to a halt!!

Followed by lots of swearing from me...

Caged · 12 Feb 2006 at 00:46

So a Belkin UPS blew itself up, and you bought another Belkin?

9761 · 12 Feb 2006 at 09:04

Caged said:
So a Belkin UPS blew itself up, and you bought another Belkin?

put it that way.

YES

CurlyWhirly · 12 Feb 2006 at 09:11

After seeing this thread, I also have an APC UPS and I hope mine doesn't blow up! :eek:

Zip · 12 Feb 2006 at 09:13

I always thought belkin were a good brand. But then i read this and people are saying they are cheap :confused:

lordedmond · 12 Feb 2006 at 09:41

ahh that nice electrical burnt out smell, no need for test gear , the nose tell it all

I have have had a APC one go bang , on testing the bat had a shorted cell ,this i believe was the primary cause of the failure,

In my opinion the bats need changine on a yearly turn round

CurlyWhirly · 12 Feb 2006 at 09:45

lordedmond said:
I have have had a APC one go bang , on testing the bat had a shorted cell ,this i believe was the primary cause of the failure

In my opinion the bats need changing on a yearly turn round

Crikey, I've had mine for over 2 years and I've never changed the batteries :eek:

To be honest, i don't even know where to get the batteries from :confused:

I think you have to send off for them.

lordedmond · 12 Feb 2006 at 09:48

just go to your local batt supplier with the volt/amp/h rating and size you will be fine

BTW they are the same type as fitted to burgular alarms , they are not that high amp/h ratng either

MAllen · 12 Feb 2006 at 12:50

CurlyWhirly said:
After seeing this thread, I also have an APC UPS and I hope mine doesn't blow up!

No - you misunderstood me. It didn't blow up. The battery just came to the end of it's useful life. It is somewhere between five and ten years old.

Some of it is my fault. If I had attached the monitoring cable, I would have had an advanced warning of the failure.

As to my comments about Belkin's cheapnes... All my own personal opinion. Go and compare their WiFi kit to real kit made by networking companies. Or their mice. Or hubs. Etc. I believe that they are not making their own kit, they just buy kit in from China (or wherever) and rebadge it. One of those companies who want a finger in every pie.

I use their surge surpressors, but not much else.

VeNT · 12 Feb 2006 at 13:52

tbh, send it back to be serviced! I've got a APC, BackUPS PRO 640 attached to my sever, its been back to APC twice now, free repairs both times, its at the end of its life now, I lost the data cable when I was moving house last, and its not holding much charge, having said that, its old enough to have payed its dues