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Hi guy's I need help I've got a RCT 2000VAS UPS and I think the batteries life span has ended cause it switches off straight away when you switch off the plug. My question is : can the batteries be replaced? If so where can I buy them? Is there a company that does it or do I have to buy a new UPS? Thanks for the help

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Yes they can be replaced fairly easily. just take it apart and take the old batteries to a local car battery supplier. They should be able to help you out.
A 2000VA should have 2 smaller batteries connected together. They're usually just connected with push on ferrules. Easy peezie.
 
yep, was fairly easy to open and remove the batteries

mine did the same and just replaced with new ones bought from a security shop
 
Nice feedback. Rectron will probably charge you 5x as much .
I phoned them and you have to have an account with them. But I'll do it myself. Thanks for all the help guys[emoji1303]

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Many of us have got accounts at Rectron so that wouldn't be a problem to assist, but as the guys have said, try your other options first.
 
Well just got a price on the batteries and I can buy a new UPS for less [emoji85]

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From Powerman ups R1800 for 2 batteries [emoji85]

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Umm did you wear a T shirt saying rob me?
Mantech they under 200 each, communica as well. Even builders sell them at R350 each...
Yes that's a normal 12v7.2ah battery I can go get two now for R400 but this is a 12V,45W battery

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They say only use the same type
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So do you think I can use the normal gate motor batteries? I don't think I'm going to get a long life span from them if they work but I'm not an electricial expert lol just a builder [emoji23]

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Yes that's a normal 12v7.2ah battery I can go get two now for R400 but this is a 12V,45W battery

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I think the other guys covered it. reminds me of the free APC I got, company said its too expensive to buy batteries, when I ulled off the APC stickers I saw that they were CSB... I looked at the companies website earlier, they on my never ever deal with list from now on. BTW that UPS has 9ah batteries in it so that might be a bit more expensive but the 7.2ah ones work well especially as its just for backup and shutdown.
 
I think the other guys covered it. reminds me of the free APC I got, company said its too expensive to buy batteries, when I ulled off the APC stickers I saw that they were CSB... I looked at the companies website earlier, they on my never ever deal with list from now on. BTW that UPS has 9ah batteries in it so that might be a bit more expensive but the 7.2ah ones work well especially as its just for backup and shutdown.

8.5 to be precise? :p

well I would easily do a DIY on mine and maybe just add 1 or 2 more of the 7ah to increase it a bit more, or then go ahead and do the mod of adding something like a 100ah, but then again pricing
 
8.5 to be precise? :p

well I would easily do a DIY on mine and maybe just add 1 or 2 more of the 7ah to increase it a bit more, or then go ahead and do the mod of adding something like a 100ah, but then again pricing
They dont work well with UPS's. THe charging voltages are wrong and so are the floating voltages. So the UPS thinks the battery is discharged when it isn't unless you getting AGM batteries or something..
To be honest the best service I got from batteries is 60ah deep cycles from Dixon. The 100ah ones and 105ah ones dont impress me.
 
They dont work well with UPS's. THe charging voltages are wrong and so are the floating voltages. So the UPS thinks the battery is discharged when it isn't unless you getting AGM batteries or something..
To be honest the best service I got from batteries is 60ah deep cycles from Dixon. The 100ah ones and 105ah ones dont impress me.

good tip

tbh, I am lying. I wouldn't really put something like a 100ah on a unit that from the start had something this small. (taxing the charger/inverter? )

as said, I would maybe add 1 or 2 more of that size, but that is about it
 
They say only use the same type View attachment 45623

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Just a word of caution, I have exactly the same UPS and replaced mine with slightly lower W ones. Nearly caught fire the first time Eskom decided to do load shedding and had a very strong acid smell in the air.
 
I have 3 RCT 2000VA UPS bought from Takealot. All 3 of them shut down immediately now and only between 1.5 - 2 years old. My APC Pro 1000 UPS is 4 years old and the batteries still work
great even now and they have never been replaced. Is it a better design or better batteries? Not sure but the batteries that come with these RCT units are really awfully IMO.

Look at this and tell me what you guys think?
 
the apc is built really well. and to be honest the rct probably doesnt float the batteries very well . Meaning it holds the battery at a really high float voltage that actually heats the battery causing failure . My suggestion is using the apc with a good set of batteries . Generally the lead acid batteries fail after 2 to 3 years , they have a life span and sadly this isnt talked about much . So getting new batteries means 3 years and replace or 400 cycles and replace the sad reality . some drop in lithium batteries would work a treat and im sure i can get them for you if they needed but they wont be cheap either .!
 

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