“ Originally Posted by gadget945 
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Dude - sorry to hear about the issue.
Just a few things for you to think about before you dish out big bucks for another APC. We run our entire shop off of one 5KW generator. We use the APCs for regulated power supply to our PCs and some of the testing equipment we use. One thing though, we have removed the small battery and hooked 4 of the 12~24V deep cycle 2400 CCA batteries inline instead. They will keep my PC and some of the stuff on my bench lit for almost 12 hours. Depends on how much I use stuff.
Gel Cells like what they use for car stereo, Optima, will work too. One of my guys down here has hooked a BatCap to his, because he doesn't have his ride running right now. Since the hurricane last year, we have had to figure out how to make things work without the grid.
First off, you know that APC produces a white page and that you can trade yours in, so long as it's an APC (I think) for credit off of a new one. Check out their website.
Before you go and buy a new one, have you tried to check for a public auction for county/city/state stuff? We have one here (Houston), and most municipalities are doing them now. Can't have the employees taking taxpayer dollars home, so they are putting them up on the web. We picked one up from the City of Houston two years ago, and it's still working. Plus, with all of the companies going out of business, there are some on CL too.
Can you PM me with a size that you were looking at? May be able to help find one local to me and getting one of my drivers to bring it close to you.
Will be sending what I can later in the week. Good luck.
thanks bro...but i already bought it....lol..the post is old...but it's the thought that counts...