Proper UPS battery maintenance cycles and environmental conditions must be observed for your battery warranty to be valid. UPS battery services from Universal Power System include complete battery maintenance programs that have been approved by each battery manufacturer to meet their warranty standards. All UPS battery services are conducted in strict adherence to IEEE guidelines – including complete battery removal.
Our UPS battery maintenance programs include state-of-the-art test equipment, propriety reporting software and documentation, and streamlined warranty claim procedures to replace failed batteries quickly. Universal Power System are trained to provide maintenance on VRLA, VLA (wet cell), Pure Lead, flywheel, and lithium-ion batteries, so our staff can confidently work with any battery make or model. UPS battery services by Mitsubishi Electric authorized technicians can be performed during normal, off-hours, weekends and holidays.
Annual Battery Maintenance
It’s important to schedule annual service to ensure your batteries are running smoothly and reduce your need for replacement parts. Universal Power System offers total UPS battery care, including annual inspections, which may include:
- Measurement of the battery system’s ambient temperature and the individual battery’s temperature at the negative post.
- Measurement of battery system float voltage and charge current, open circuit voltage, ground fault.
- Measurement of individual battery unit strap resistance, unit impedance, conductance or load capacity.
- Inspection of the battery cabinet and individual battery units for signs of leakage, dirt or damage.
- Environmental inspection to eliminate anything that might interfere with battery operation.
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Quarterly/Semi-Annual Battery Maintenance
While annual service is the suggested minimum, we recommend our technicians come out and perform battery maintenance at least twice a year to ensure your system will back up power in the event of loss or fluctuation.
There may also be value in quarterly inspections, especially as your batteries age. Quarterly/semi-annual preventive battery maintenance includes:
- Visual inspection of battery storage and individual battery units for contamination and damage, including leaks, overheating, terminal integrity and corrosion, bulging and more.
- Measurement of ambient and individual battery temperature, float voltage and current charge, and individual battery unit impedance, conductance and load capacity - scaled-down from annual testing.
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UPS Battery Monitoring
UPS battery monitoring ensures continuous, real-time information on the status and performance of your batteries. By actively trending the health of your batteries real time, active alarms and trigger points can be established to notify you of existing or potential failure trends.
Proper UPS battery monitoring may alert you to reduced or non-existing battery support of your critical load during input power interruption and can save you from a critical load loss.
Trending data will also provide insights that will be valuable when planning for future capital expenditures, such as replacements and reducing unseen expenditures. Integration of these battery monitoring systems into your Building Management System is also highly recommended.
Universal Power System offers various monitoring solutions, including systems that monitor individual batteries and those that monitor characteristics of the cabinet. Our experienced team members are here to help determine which UPS battery monitoring system would be best for your installation.
Note: our lithium ion battery cabinets come with an integrated BMS. Explore what this means for increased safety.
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Battery Replacement Services
Wondering when to replace your UPS battery? No matter how well you care for your batteries, it will eventually reach the end of its lifecycle. The following UPS battery options have the below expected lifespans:
| 3-5 years |
| VLA (Wet Cell) & 20-Year VRLA up to 15 years |
| up to 7 years |
| 15-25 years |
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When your batteries reach their end of life, Universal Power System is readily available to offer complete UPS battery replacement services on existing systems. Our UPS battery services are fully turnkey with delivery, installation, and removal of the old batteries to be disposed in certified recycling centers.
Depending on the battery type or manufacturer, there are cost differences, varying length of warranties, multiple available runtimes, and different resistances to environmental factors. Choosing the right UPS battery takes careful evaluation, and Universal Power System is here to help determine which replacement battery is right for you. We also pay close attention to systems with UPS battery monitoring services and carefully remove and re-install each monitoring device.