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Post by sparepart on May 15, 2020 21:02:46 GMT
Was driving home & passed a pile of stuff on the curb. Looped back around to take a look. Lots of the typical trash from a business shutdown, however there were 4 rack mount UPS, and an idiot cutting the line cords off for scrap copper. Tried to dissuade him from hacking the last two cords off with no luck - finally gave him a ten to get lost, and loaded the UPS chassis into the truck. The two units with line cord powered up and passed self test. Now I need to finds SJ cords and connectors for the hacked units as I'll bet they work too. Model number is APC SUA2200RM2U, link shows as discontinued, however free is for me! : www.apc.com/shop/bm/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-2200VA-USB-Serial-RM-2U-120V/P-SUA2200RM2USP |
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Post by Boomer on May 16, 2020 5:20:19 GMT
It's not been good pickins around here, we seem to be in the grip of a recycling craze right now, and some areas don't allow electronic items to even be placed in curb side trash. You can get by as long as you pack it in a box or stick the item in the can if it will fit.
What they do is have recycling fairs on the parking lot of the pool, and you drop off your electronics and pay a fee. That means you have to hold on to an item or take it to a possibly distant recycling center.
The only good finds have been rolloff dumpsters at businesses being remodeled, and those have been scarce. I found emergency exit signs in one, steel cases that light up an exit sign, and halogen flood lights. There had been batteries in them, those were removed, and the rest of the light thrown in the rolloff, in the plaster dust. They have a power transformer, maybe 20 watt size, I think 20 VA, and a circuit card with charger and switching for emergency mode. The circuits are built pretty well.
Great that at least you got those UPS! Most of the time it's the batteries, just order new ones. I use a UPS on my Part-15 station, a little APC one that had a 12v/3A battery that was dead, but I got a 9 amp battery, and have it mounted externally. Only one power failure, 20 seconds, but the station continued like nothing was wrong.
Boomer
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Post by sparepart on May 16, 2020 12:56:52 GMT
I found emergency exit signs in one, steel cases that light up an exit sign, and halogen flood lights. There had been batteries in them, those were removed, and the rest of the light thrown in the rolloff, in the plaster dust. They have a power transformer, maybe 20 watt size, I think 20 VA, and a circuit card with charger and switching for emergency mode. The circuits are built pretty well. There was a craze to uograde exit signs to LED and add lights that come on when the power fails a few years back. Converted a bunch of the light-only exit signs to "on-air" signs with red lexan and stick on letters.
Pretty much a clone of the Sandies 340 lighted sign that did not cost $100.00.
SP
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