will not same type APC UPS battery replacement blow up in ..

External Since: Apr 26, 2006 Posts: 1

Will not using the same type APC UPS battery replacement blow up in my
face? I.e a BF280's RBC10 when I have a BF500 and supposed to use an
RBC21?

Perhaps actually causing dreadful damage is remote, and certainly APC
will say "don't do that," (as will most normal people), but just
looking at the thing makes we wonder, as they look identical, just how
APC's BF line of backups work.

For example, it may be that the only different between a 280 and a 500
is the battery. Therefore, putting an RBC10 into a BF500 just turns the
thing into a BF280.

You don't think that APC has any electronic/electrical differences
between the two models? And that a BF500's control circuitry will
overcharge or otherwise fry itself?

I don't know, I'd like to risk getting acid burns rather than spend the
extra time/money/effort to get an RBC21 when I have a new RBC10.

External Since: Dec 29, 2004 Posts: 869

I personally wouldn't do it, if there is wattage differences between the
charging systems of each model then surely at the very least it would damage
the new batteries.

"c5" <cubafive DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Will not using the same type APC UPS battery replacement blow up in my
> face? I.e a BF280's RBC10 when I have a BF500 and supposed to use an
> RBC21?
>
> Perhaps actually causing dreadful damage is remote, and certainly APC
> will say "don't do that," (as will most normal people), but just
> looking at the thing makes we wonder, as they look identical, just how
> APC's BF line of backups work.
>
> For example, it may be that the only different between a 280 and a 500
> is the battery. Therefore, putting an RBC10 into a BF500 just turns the
> thing into a BF280.
>
> You don't think that APC has any electronic/electrical differences
> between the two models? And that a BF500's control circuitry will
> overcharge or otherwise fry itself?
>
> I don't know, I'd like to risk getting acid burns rather than spend the
> extra time/money/effort to get an RBC21 when I have a new RBC10.
>