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I never buy APC replacement batteries - third party batteries are much cheaper, and seem to work just as well based on testing by the UPS itself.


Also these brands are just using off the shelf batteries anyway (eg: a Cyberpower model using two 12v/8Ah SLA batteries connected together[1], with various OEM brands seen on the labels). Searching online discussions one finds which OEMs make better quality batteries.

[1] One such example, replacing with a generic kind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6qcon76i4s




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