What risk? UPS batteries are of the sealed absorbed glass mat type. They don’t outgas or leak like flooded cells in a car battery.
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A couple of very concerned people over there seem convinced I am risking my health by sleeping in the same room with a UPS using SLA batteries.
Given that the other position is sealed, not dangerous unless they catch on fire, I’m pretty confused right now.
I mean, a lithium fire isn’t awesome, either.
@ozlay I have, somehow, 3 UPSes in this room. I want to decommission at least one of them. My current plan is to get a brand new one for the rack to replace the large APC I currently have, and offline one of the floor models.
I may be able to have the new UPS do the work of the third UPS as well, and if that’s the case, I can offline that, too, which would get me down to one. Otherwise, I’ll replace the batteries in that one and be down to two.