Smilem,
I see I'm either in the wrong line of business, or else I missed my calling yet one more time in life!
I should be selling quality UPS units to people in EU for sure.
I had no idea that you too were in EU, but I'm seeing that a lot of the posts here are from over there.
And YES I do realize that electronic stuff costs up the kazoo over there, as does it too in Australia as well. I've talked to several people from there about PV related stuff, and it's very expensive over there as well! Of course living on an Island always is!!
I guess that is why we have FRYS Electronics stores here in CA, as well as other major electronics outlet stores as well, but I would have thought that being closer to China - like you are there - that you would be able to get stuff like that much cheaper then having it shipped all the way over here in the USA?? Guess not!
Try looking at their online site as maybe they would ship from CA to where you are if the price is right? Never know…
Fry's Home Electronics | Computer Parts & Accessories, Software, Games, TVs, Cameras - Frys.com
At least you have a Smart UPS 1000VA for your valued cmptr system, but that 420VA can't really be used for anything serious cmptr wise. Again - it's just low-end junk! I had several of them years ago that I got FREE after a rebate and just wound up selling them for like $25 each as no one here will pay more then that for one.
Once the economy picks back up there will be a ton of backlogged and/or surplus warehouse cheaper UPS units that will be dumped on the market because the batts inside will be of little use - esp as a store shelf sale item! Once those UPS units sit around the docks, or in warehouses for 6 to 9 months the cheaper CSB and B&B brand batts - that they always use inside - tend to start to sulfate, and that is why they rebate them out for FREE like they do. Just so you know.
Great rebate deals for FREE, but then the batts don't last but a few months and die! No recourse either because it was a FREEBIE on a rebate! See the downside? Oh well……
Regarding that XFMR you're still obsessed with changing out -
Because those APC's are so proprietary in nature unless you actually find an identical unit that is toast, and you can scrape parts off of it you aren't going to find that XFMR anywhere for a stand alone sale item. PERIOD - dead issue! I thought I all but explained that part in not so many words several times now.
Btw - you made an error in stating the p/n earlier on that FALCO XFMR.
It's not 430-0269 05523
but rather 430-0269 0523
I just happened to catch that part right now in looking at the closer up (magnified) pix version that you posted. Didn't realize those pix were SO HUGE in file size! You must have shot them in TIFF mode - no wonder they were 1.5 to 2.4 Meg in file size, and took SO LONG to upload!
I just opened up one of my older 500VA BACK UPS (the older better quality made models btw) to see if by any chance it was running that same PCB mounted XFMR that you are still looking for to change out, but just as I suspected my 500VA UPS units are running a HUGE inductive LOADS XFMR that is maybe 1/3 bigger then yours there, and a large PCB mounted power supply side XFMR that is almost as large as your 4 MOSFET heatsinks that are next to that FALCO XFMR. See what I mean about the older quality made stuff?
One other thing I might add here as well - regarding the older quality made UPS units - as they related to that HUGE LOADS XFMR I noted above. They were definitely made a hell of lot better in days gone by! By that I mean they were the kind that were bolted together core plate wise, and not just press slip fitted, and then shellacked like yours there in that BR500i. Again - see what I mean about quality made?
A couple of other nice features these older APC 500/650VA UPS units had was the re-settable circuit breakers on the back. That and the 4 trim pots on the PCB to adjust (calibrate) the UPS unit for FREQ OUT - BATT FLOAT POINT - VOLTAGE OUT - XFER VOLTAGE. I noticed on your cheaper model there that everything is FIXED, and nothing can be adjusted if say a CAP drifts out of specs and you get a shift in FREQ. Bummer!
One thing that is coming up next month in NOV is another big cmptr swapmeet near where I live in SOCAL near Disneyland, and I'm definitely going again, as I need a few cmptr parts plus some odds and ends. If you want I can poke around and look for a cheap deal on a BR500i - IF I can even find one. Even if the UPS unit looks like crap or the batts are shot I'm sure that the XFMR won't be burned up or open, as that rarely happens if at all. I'll keep my eye open for a used BR500i anyway just to see what's out there in USA land.
Just a shot in the dark here, but what do you have your OPTION SWITCHES set to? 1 thru 4 that is? I'm wondering if your friend - that had it before you got it back - if he tweaked the OPTION settings? Just a hunch?
Frank