Buying a replacement UPS battery

[neokeelo]

A buddy of mine gave me a nice little used present..

http://www.apcc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA1000XL

Seems the battery is dead but since this is a high quality UPS, I want to replace it and use it. do I necessarily have to buy the officially branded APC battery replacement for ~$115 or can I buy one of the many compatible ones that are selling for $45~$60. Is there any difference?

I know shipping can be expensive so where do you guys usually buy battery replacements?

 

[mtrupi]

I buy mine at here. Maybe you can find a similar place where you live. You might have to be confident in your ability to put two batteries together re-using the old hardware. I don't think I would re-use the hardware more than one time.

 

[drescherjm]

A buddy of mine gave me a nice little used present..

http://www.apcc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA1000XL

Seems the battery is dead but since this is a high quality UPS, I want to replace it and use it. do I necessarily have to buy the officially branded APC battery replacement for ~$115 or can I buy one of the many compatible ones that are selling for $45~$60. Is there any difference?

I know shipping can be expensive so where do you guys usually buy battery replacements?

Being that I have over 25 UPSs at work for the last 10+ years I have bought 50 to 100 batteries. I can tell you that APC batteries are not manufactured by APC and also are no better than others being sold online. I usually replace the 7.2AH 12V batteries with 9AH 12V (of the same physical size) Tempest batteries or similar for around $18US each. These do not come with cabling so I must keep the APC cables and tape the batteries back together. The same batteries work in my PCM and CyberPower UPSs as well.

Your model is more expensive because it uses 18AH batteries. I have purchased from these guys in the past:

The following is for 22AH batteries which should give you better runtime /capacity
http://www.batteryspec.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?action=link&product=681

The following is for 18AH batteries
http://www.batteryspec.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?action=link&product=182

Also you will have to reuse your fuse and apc cable. Here is a diagram:
http://www.batteryspec.com/images/RBC7.jpg

 

[_G_]

Another option you have since you have the xl model would be going with larger external batteries
(a pair of 75AH batteries would give you an obscene run time lol)

 

[drescherjm]

At home I get 2 hours on my core2 quad q9550 with my APC 1400XL that I paid $185 used shipped including brand new batteries. I do not have the external connector though. I expected to get that with the pics but the seller was not clear about that but with that price I am very happy.

 

[bigddybn]

+1 for batteryspec. I've bought everything from UPS batteries to JetSki batteries from them. All were shipped quickly and worked perfectly.

 

[Michaelius]

Another option you have since you have the xl model would be going with larger external batteries
(a pair of 75AH batteries would give you an obscene run time lol)

It would also give you obscene recharge time I'm pretty sure that UPS doesn't have 15 A charger to recharge them in 10 hours

 

[_G_]

actually apc comparibility list has an external cabinet with 4 75ah cells in it lol
guess recharge time iis not an issue if you don't have 2 outages in the same week
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[Argentum]

I've also ordered from BatterySpec, for two APC BackUPS 1500XS units. Shipped quickly and working fine and way cheaper than buying replacement units.

 

[kent]

I bought one on eBay for an APC unit I got from a geeker in 2003. I bought the battery in 2006 and it hasn't needed another one. Replacement cost was something like $40