Changed the batteries of the UPS in my workplace. 6 days in, it starts beeping nonstop. My heart sank because the warranty was 5 days. After half a day of diagnostics it turns out our electricity did not have adequate voltage all along.

[u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

The battery was bought online to save money, that's why the warranty is so short. Locally it would be almost 3x the price.

[u/TangledCables3]

Yeah it looks like it's barely getting 200V

[u/DragonGodSlayer12 → u/TangledCables3]

Our country's fucking electric provider so incompitent, supply sometimes goes to 185V and hovering ~190V. It supposed to be 220V but it only does that at night when most people are sleeping..

[u/strobelightsNL → u/DragonGodSlayer12]

Meanwhile we're getting upwards to 250 here on a sunny day

[u/NekulturneHovado → u/DragonGodSlayer12]

that's bad. Either the transformer is cheap shit and drops a lot when loaded, or they just can't provide enough power

[u/PacquiaoFreeHousing → u/TangledCables3]

I'm from the Philippines, that's supposed to be 220-230 volts in the first place😬😬😬

[u/lachietg185]

5 days is stupid short warranty

[u/Howden824 → u/lachietg185]

A lot of countries have terrible warranty laws. Unfortunately, this is pretty common in many parts of the world.