It is possible that the new battery is defective, or not taking on charge
properly. If the battery you bought is old stock from the dealer, this can
be a problem. The battery should be properly charged, and then load tested.
If it passes the load test, then you know for sure that the UPS is
defective.

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JANA
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Hello,

I've been butting heads for the past couple days with one of my APC
UPS(s). It's an APC Smart UPS (DLA)1500.
A day or two ago it started with the beeps. Previous to this one of
my servers had randomly shut down a couple times, with the event logs
saying it was due to a command from the UPS service (we turned UPS
monitoring off the more important servers (the server that shutdown
was a backup domain controller)). So, the beeps start, and the
blinking red light. Both, seemingly, attempting to inform me that I
need to "Replace Battery." The Replace Battery light is on, so, I
replaced it. Well over 24 hours later, the light still shines, new
battery and all.
Now, I can only guess as to the problem. Maybe, the problem lies
within the cables connecting the battery to the rest of the UPS. But,
to be truthful, I'm a bit afraid to try to take off the metal plate,
that lies beyond the battery, to investigate the source of the cable.
I'm pretty much at a loss for ideas. I've never really had to deal
with UPS(s) before.
Advice, comments, complaints, questions, concerns... all welcome.

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