[SGVLUG] Anyone has a UPS battery replacement source

[Dan Buthusiem]

As of a week ago, they call themselves Orvac. :P They close at 4:30.

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On May 7, 2012 3:30 PM, "shadowcat8 at excite.com" <shadowcat8 at excite.com>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> As another option, should [DM]arVac prove unable to help (unlikely, but
> still possible,) another option I have seen used is to check boating/marine
> supply stores.
>
> And, as Claude pointed out, bring one battery with you to match specs.
>
> HTH.
>
>
> /bk
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Claude Felizardo" [cafelizardo at gmail.com]
> Date: 05/05/2012 07:17 PM
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Anyone has a UPS battery replacement source
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Cc:
> Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 15:40:35 -0700
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Anyone has a UPS battery replacement source
> I've been getting my batteries at DuVac/MarVac or what ever it is that
> they call themselves these days.  They are on Colorado, east of PCC, same
> block as Game Empire, north side of the street.    Best to bring the
> original so they can match the physical dimensions, voltage/mAh and
> especially the terminals.  prices are okay.  You can sometimes do better
> online but then you have to pay for shipping and those batteries are heavy.
>
> Claude
>
>
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> There's a S.A.F.E. hazardous waste drop off site (pretty sure it's free)
>> that LA Sanitation tuns on the weekends close to the Glendale Galleria.
>> I'll try to pull the details for you when I get home, but it should be
>> Google-able.
>>
>> If you can open the UPS, I've found a lot of them use a bunch of 12V
>> security alarm batteries. Not sure of exactly where to go that's cheap, but
>> "The Shack" should have them, or at least we used to sell them when I still
>> worked there 7 years ago. :P
>>
>> Sent from mobile.
>> On May 5, 2012 1:45 PM, "matti" <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I wanted to reuse an older UPS which has a dead sealed lead acid battery
>>> ( a dead one ).
>>> Do you have any recommendations for
>>> 1) source for new batteries?
>>> 2) place to recycle old battery?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> matti
>>>
>>
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