Apc Warranty Check

Upfront, let me say this is a great unit. I did my homework (or so I thought) on the APC website then followed-up here in B&H to make the purchase. My criteria were that it be 110V/120V to use in my office (check!) and enough uptime to keep my entire system (Mac Pro, 3 LARGE displays, external RAID drives, Backup drives and peripherals) going for more than just a few minutes in the event of power loss (check!). This does both of those. What was *NOT* clear from the APC website nor B&H product page: This unit requires a 30A circuit and a special twist-lock round receptacle. I had to have an electrician come out to install a 30A breaker and run a line to a new outlet in my office JUST for this unit. That is an extra cost I had not considered. The SECOND thing that was difficult to grasp from the photos was/is the SIZE and WEIGHT of this unit. It is LARGE. Packaged, it weighed 120lbs. Stand-alone, it is about 116lbs. It's BIG and it's HEAVY. Since the online photo has no context or anything to compare its size, it just appeared to me to be a typical-sized unit. Nope. UPS would not bring it to my door. Left it in driveway. Having said that - one could argue Buyer beware... fair enough. The unit itself is a beast that will (according to the load measured on it) keep my system up and running for just over an hour if necessary. THAT gives me plenty of headroom, so... NICE!

Been over 3 years now , out of warranty . needed new battery . Read user paper manual page 8 ,...Battery is replaceable , Page 8 implies APC does NOT recommend the End Consumer to do it . Instead , page 8 recommends an SEIT Service Center to replace the battery . The paper user manual says to take the unit to a Service Center for battery replacement , NOT to a recycle center . Please , read the manual . APC may or may not approve , but i just dropped in a CSB GP 1272 F2 7.2 ah battery. BN450M is better then ever at near 200 watt load . BN450M delivers the goods at 200 watts , when paired with a proper battery . Purchase strategy : If you have No ups , then get the BE650G1 as it comes with a 9 ah RBC17 battery Which will easily run 200 watt loads . If your BN450M is now out of warranty , I recommend replacing the battery at your discretion . If i knew what i now know , i would have gone for the BE650G1 ( to get that larger battery )

co. does back up the warranty!

Works with my APC Backup..

Same as APC but cheaper.

It works as well as the original from APC.

It's an extended warranty. It's better than nothing.

And 5 year warranty that is a plus.

I mean… it’s a warranty. I’ll let you know if/when I need to use it.

Check other sites, but only found this product here.