• cmnybo
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    12 hours ago

    UPS batteries need to be fully charged all the time. Lead acid batteries like to be fully charged. Lithium batteries need to be stored around 50% charge to have a long lifetime.

    • Kairos@lemmy.today
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      12 hours ago

      Lead batteries are also cheap.

      And mine take ~30 minutes to charge. This person may want to replace their batteries.

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        6 hours ago

        They’re also trustworthy, reliable technology. Why change what isn’t broken?

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        9 hours ago

        It’s brand new, I’m reading directly from the instructions, if it only takes 30min to change they should say that and it’s not by design. It’s a CP1500PFCLCD

        • queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
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          It makes sense to me to have low power chargers on a UPS. Once your power comes back online, it needs to deliver enough juice to power everything plugged into the UPS plus the battery charger. A fast charger would be more likely to trip a breaker.

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        10 hours ago

        Charge time depends on the UPS. The cheap consumer grade ones usually have a float charger that takes forever.