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by Decade 2144 days ago
It turns out that APC intentionally overcharges the batteries to maximize runtime during the 2-year target battery lifetime, at the cost of killing the batteries relatively young. And the overcharged voltage drifts upwards over time.

I found this forum posting while searching for how to maximize the runtime on my APC UPS: https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/hacking-the-newer...