How do I make sure my UPS unit battery gives me the most extended service life?

Everyone knows that a UPS unit or emergency backup power plant plays a vital role in our modern-day high-paced lives. UPS are used in all walks of life. From shopping centres, for safety such as emergency lighting and for keeping online banking up and running all the time no matter how unreliable the power supply grid is. Also, in IT and data centres, telecommunications, hospitals and medical applications, factories, and process control. Basically, every industry makes use of a UPS and backup battery to ride out the power failures and give the critical inverter loads smooth, clean power to work effectively.

Unfortunately, many users of uninterruptible power supplies consider a UPS to be a maintenance-free device and therefore neglect them. This neglect negatively affects the UPS’ overall performance and reduces its service life. Erroneously, the UPS and its battery are blamed as the culprits.

Most plug and play UPS systems use Valve Regulated Lead Acid or VRLA batteries inside. They have a 3 to 5 years design life, depending on usage and environment, at a room ambient of 25 degrees Celsius. However, if maintenance is ignored, and the battery is neglected and abused by environment and application, this life could be reduced to as little as 6 months.

3 important maintenance things to consider for your UPS battery are:

1. Correct ambient temperature and no direct sunlight.
2. Correct charging and discharging with a suitable rectifier or battery charger.
3. Recharge regimes while the UPS is in storage.

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