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by scoot 206 days ago
What makes your UPS any less of a fire timebomb?
2 comments

It uses lead-acid batteries, for one.
My UPS is a single device that I have accepted the cost of maintaining and require for my daily use computer - it has to be regularly replaced because the nature of UPSes is a very limited and usually well documented shelf-life.