• @HeyJoe
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      141 day ago

      Some have self tests options. If you have a small one, just unplug it and see if the battery holds at all. If it’s dead it will die really quick.

    • @KoalaUnknown
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      21 day ago

      Some have an app you can install on your pc that tells you.

      • @somebodysomewhere
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        221 hours ago

        Yup! I got some cyberpower ones from costco. Wrote a script to test and send me the results first saturday of each month. If it fails, there goes my saturday lol.

        Sometimes they get into a state that requires a hard reset. Happened to me a few times and was losing power during brownouts. Learned to test regularly after that.

    • @jaybone
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      21 day ago

      I haven’t used a UPS in like 25 years. Don’t they have battery life indicators now? If not, that seems pretty useless.