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TBD - UPS Battery Swap

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Type: UPS Maintenance

Equipment involved:

Impact: Shutdown of home network, all services offline

Attempt 1

Start: 2024-07-06 09:21pm BST

End: 2024-07-06 10:03pm BST

Result: Reverted to old cells

Description

The batteries in the UPS that backs my home network (and thus my servers, aside for Juno and two unmanaged Ethernet switches) have been suspect for a little bit now since the UPS started reporting an abnormally high load. What makes me suspect the batteries is that running a self-test typically clears this abnormal condition, and returns the UPS to a more sane state.

The batteries are the originals installed in 2021 when I originally purchased the UPS, so technically they are getting close to that time where they might need replacing.

Batteries have been purchased as of 2024-07-03 as it nearly failed its self-test.

Attempted to swap new cells in but was unable to as missing the tape to stick together.