Don’t throw away your UPS
by Grant Burton on Mar.14, 2019, under Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
I always recommend getting a standard desktop UPS, such as APC’s 850VA BE850M2 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2Ul2ji6 or APC’s 1500VA BX1500M also on Amazon http://amzn.to/2DyMAIs, to protect your hard drive for dips in power (brownouts and blackouts).
At some point your UPS’s battery is going to fail. It’s common to want to replace the entire UPS unit, but you can save a considerable amount of money by simply replacing the battery.
Most manufacturers, like APC, offer a battery replacement lookup tool such as this: https://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/tools/replacement-battery-selector.
Here’s a running list of battery cartridges I encounter with inexpensive replacements with Prime shipping on Amazon:
APC RBC109 – BR1500LCD, BX1500LCD, BR1200G, BR1300LCD, BX1300LCD, BN1250LCD
http://amzn.to/2PCIAc4
APC RBC17 – BE650G1, BE750G, BR700G, BE850M2, BX850M, BE650G, BN600, BN650M1, BN700MC, BN900M
http://amzn.to/2Ioeqso
APC RBC124 – BR1500G, BR1300G, BX1500M, BX1500G, SMC1000-2U, SMC1000-2UC, BR1500GI, SMC1000-2U, SMC1000-2UC
http://amzn.to/2DbPKkm
APC RBC7 – SMT1500, SMT1500C, SMT1500US, SUA1500, SUA1500US
http://amzn.to/2Il4Lzc
APC RBC33 – BT1500, BT1500BP, BR1500, BX1500, SC1000, SN1000
http://amzn.to/2IFlBIQ
UPC RBC12 –
http://amzn.to/2PtTrbw (Note this is not APC branded)
UPC RBC24 –
http://amzn.to/2N3gVhD (Note this is not APC branded)
Amazon is a great solution for ordering if you have access to a Prime account because these parts tend to be heavy and expensive to ship.