# APC batteries
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 31, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488 "2006-10-31T06:57:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/1 "2006-10-31T06:57:50Z")
how long are they supposed to last.
at work we lost 2 APC’s in the past month.
one of wich had the batteries deform and leak.
they were batterystore batteries…
does anyone else have problems like this?
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/2 "2006-10-31T07:00:26Z")
i have like 2 car batteries in my apc. it weighs like 100 pounds. no problems yet.
are they still under warranty?
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/3 "2006-10-31T07:05:29Z")
I think that they’re just real prone to going out. We’re constantly replacing them here at work it seems (sometimes one will last a year or two, other times they’ll last a few months before shitting the bed). We’ve used all kinds of different brands too so I’m not sure that that has anything to do with it.
like Jon said, warranty?
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/4 "2006-10-31T07:06:33Z")
nope.
they are probably 6 or 7 years old.
1500’s
powering a PC, pressure controller and some meters.
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/5 "2006-10-31T07:07:00Z")
ANYTHING “APC” i won’t buy… The name has been tarnished.
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/6 "2006-10-31T07:10:34Z")
any reccomendations?
i cant say that i have heard good or bad about APC…
it’s what we have always used.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/7 "2006-10-31T07:16:18Z")
[http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=13](http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=13)
depends on what you need, really
just dont get the weapon-R UPS 😛
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/8 "2006-10-31T07:18:47Z")
i can find another APC, and potentially get the trade up discount too.
but if APC suck’s, i;d rather avoid the future headaches/production problems.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/9 "2006-10-31T07:31:41Z")
lol I think he was refering to the cheepo pep-boys APC products (light up exhausts/“racing” seats/windshild wiper covers/ect)… not the APC power supplies 😛
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/10 "2006-10-31T07:38:48Z")
sweet…
i could rice up our test consoles with some back lit neon.
0psi its green, 20kpsi it’s red.
and on the way up, some flashy lights and techno in the backround 😃
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### Author:  [@nixad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nixad)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/11 "2006-10-31T08:49:12Z")
Liebert Global Services \> APC
My opinion may be biased becouse my pa duke works for them but i’ve had one of there UPC in my room for at least a year now and it still holds a charge and is very reliable.
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/12 "2006-10-31T09:55:06Z")
i work with tripp lite alot here @ work (ingram micro) they are a good product,
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### Author:  [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/13 "2006-10-31T10:20:24Z")
wow, a UPS that lasts a year? you must be super-duper-proud 😉
tripp lite is sorta-ok-is stuff from what I’ve seen, plenty good for the home user.
j/k - but uh APCC is pretty much the established standard, just don’t buy their cheapo consumer oriented CRAP. 6-7 years is pretty damned good for batteries, suck it up and buy new ones bulk or from them - on the ones that deformed / leaked you can probably get them to RMA them if you bitch hard enough.
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apc-batteries/19488/14 "2006-10-31T10:28:49Z")
batteries only last a couple of years.
it is the replacements that deformed/leaked.
the APC’s themselfs are 6-7 y/o.
what I am left with is…
is it the APC, non apc replacement batteries, lousey GI power quality etc…