APC Matrix 5000 question(s)

Wed Aug 2 04:54:42 UTC 2006

up at 3.am wrote:
> Update: I replaced the batteries today, and indeed, several of the old
> ones (mostly in the first pack) were split and some had popped a couple of
> their "sealed" tops.
>
> I left for several hours and came back to the house stinking like burning
> rubber.  The new batteries are apparently melting the terminal rubber
> insulation.  I had to throw it back into bypass mode and unplug that pack
> (the only one with new batteries!)
>
> Any ideas to the cause?  The status screens looked ok. ("no bad batteries"
> again)
>   
Tip: Except where a newly supplied battery is faulty, replace all or 
none - across all your packs connected to the same UPS.

/ Mat