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Posted on Oct 24, 2009

"On Battery" Alarm Sounds when Power Available.

Battery Backup sounds Alarm and shows "On Battery" even though power is readily available to the unit. Wiring Fault light is *NOT* on. Circuit Breaker on unit was not tripped.

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My ups model 800va not working online

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If this comes sometimes and goes, this means that the power to ups is sometimes deviating from the specific ups input range, hence the ups is rejecting it. mesure the input voltagesand frequency with a multimeter and check whether they match the specified ones in the ups manual. aslo with some ups there are switches that you use to set the input voltages or number of phases in the ups input. check the manual to see whetther your ups has such.

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