cafuego, 16 days ago

@jpm Hmm. What does it taste like?

jpm, 16 days ago

@cafuego fruit tingles, with the sugar replaced with sulphur

jpm, 16 days ago

Hey @Kels_316 when was the last time you checked your UPS battery?

Kels_316, 16 days ago

@jpm checked it how? Like a voltage test?

jpm, 16 days ago

@Kels_316 there’s usually some option in the software it comes with to do a battery transfer test. That, and open the thing up and look at the battery and make sure it’s not getting swole. SLA packs are only good for about 5 years (see photo above) and I vaguely remember it was about that long ago you got yours

Kels_316, 16 days ago

@jpm oh yeah right. Mine has a display with battery level and whatnot that I never look at. I should take a look. I replaced the SLA batteries in those goal zero units because they got big.

jpm, 16 days ago

@Kels_316 yeah I’ve started replacing SLA packs with LiFePo4 packs + integrated BMS. About the same price now, much lighter, and far longer service life, but lower current capacity

Kels_316, 16 days ago

@jpm I thought about this for the goal zero units but they were too expensive for the few times a year I use them.

jpm, 16 days ago

@Kels_316 oh well, next time you replace the batteries in them prices will have dropped further

mvyrmnd, 16 days ago

@jpm hey which LiFePo4 packs are you putting in UPSes?

sortius, 16 days ago

@jpm geez, that's at the "I shouldn't even touch it" point of its life

jpm, 16 days ago

@sortius sealed lead-acid battery, so not completely horrifying to touch, remove, and dispose of