Hi,
I got a weird UPS problem. I just bought a new UPS 700 VA and I fully charged it before using. I got a few power outages and it was able to keep my pc powered with the battery. But one day, I was watching a DVD movie using the DVD rom and I paused the movie for awhile and let my pc idle. There was a power outage a few mins later. The UPS couldn't handle the load and shut down. Why is that? When that happen, I noticed that my battery was constantly charging for like 2+ days since the orange light was on. Looks like my battery was drained from this last power outage since UPS couldn't handle the load. Usually when I turn off my UPS, if battery is full, the orange light will turn off.
After my battery was back 100% percent, here is what happen. I was watching a movie again with the DVD rom and there was no power outage that day. At night, I turned off UPS and the orange light turned off too. Everything looks normal. But tomorrow night, looks like my battery has drained quite a lot now since when I turn off UPS, the orange light is on again and this has been for 2+ days. Today, there was power outage and guess what, the UPS coudn't handle the charge and shut down.
My conclusion is that since battery is not fully charged, it can't handle power outage. But here is the weird part. I didn't get any power outage when I was watching the DVD movie the second time and when I turned off UPS that night, orange light went off too. So why has my UPS battery drained again? Looks like when I use DVD Rom, it drains battery power even though normal power supply is on. But that's very weird. This problem is driving me nuts. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
I got a weird UPS problem. I just bought a new UPS 700 VA and I fully charged it before using. I got a few power outages and it was able to keep my pc powered with the battery. But one day, I was watching a DVD movie using the DVD rom and I paused the movie for awhile and let my pc idle. There was a power outage a few mins later. The UPS couldn't handle the load and shut down. Why is that? When that happen, I noticed that my battery was constantly charging for like 2+ days since the orange light was on. Looks like my battery was drained from this last power outage since UPS couldn't handle the load. Usually when I turn off my UPS, if battery is full, the orange light will turn off.
After my battery was back 100% percent, here is what happen. I was watching a movie again with the DVD rom and there was no power outage that day. At night, I turned off UPS and the orange light turned off too. Everything looks normal. But tomorrow night, looks like my battery has drained quite a lot now since when I turn off UPS, the orange light is on again and this has been for 2+ days. Today, there was power outage and guess what, the UPS coudn't handle the charge and shut down.
My conclusion is that since battery is not fully charged, it can't handle power outage. But here is the weird part. I didn't get any power outage when I was watching the DVD movie the second time and when I turned off UPS that night, orange light went off too. So why has my UPS battery drained again? Looks like when I use DVD Rom, it drains battery power even though normal power supply is on. But that's very weird. This problem is driving me nuts. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.