{"id":596,"date":"2015-10-02T08:43:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b2.rayharwood.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2016-01-07T07:16:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:16:06","slug":"tripp-lite-g1000u-fault-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Tripp Lite G1000U Fault – Fixed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20151002_123014654_iOS-c\"<\/a>So this morning I come to my home-office and find my four monitors dark.\u00a0 Nothing unusual, except that a wiggle of the mouse and a tap of the keyboard fail to bring them to life.\u00a0 I glance down at the UPS and find that it, too, is dark.<\/p>\n

Apparently during the night my Tripp Lite G1000U UPS “faulted”, and somewhere along the way, it shut down, taking everything else with it.<\/p>\n

I went to the Tripp web site hoping for some assistance.\u00a0 I searched for G1000U, G1000, and the series AGOM7057.\u00a0 Nothing!\u00a0 My UPS is around 4 years old.\u00a0 “Maybe its the battery,” I thought.\u00a0 UPS batteries are notorious for not lasting too long, in my experience.<\/p>\n

I tried resetting the fault.\u00a0 Oh wait, there’s no way to reset the fault.\u00a0 I unplugged it from the wall, plugged it back in — no luck, still faulted.\u00a0 I unplugged it and removed the battery which I then connected it to the battery tester I have.\u00a0 (It’s designed to test and charge LI, NiCad, and Lead batteries.)\u00a0 It reported that the battery is up to proper voltage, and tests OK.<\/p>\n

I re-inserted the battery into the UPS and turned it on — still faulted!\u00a0 But then, leaving the UPS turned on, I unplugged it from the wall.\u00a0 In a few seconds, I got the familiar “your UPS isn’t connected to electricity” beeping.\u00a0 I thought, “Well, that’s odd.\u00a0 If the battery has failed, shouldn’t the unit just give a sigh of futility and shut itself off?”\u00a0 I plugged the UPS back into the wall… and PRESTO!\u00a0 No fault light!<\/p>\n

I put everything back into place: UPS on the CPU shelf, plugged in the 3 cords I normally have in the UPS, and powered up the PC.\u00a0 All is well!<\/p>\n

I can’t say this will work for everyone, but if you have a Tripp Lite G1000U UPS that shows “FAULT”, try this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Turn the unit off.\u00a0 Unplug all the devices from the UPS, so it’s just you, the UPS, and the wall socket.<\/li>\n
  2. Unplug the unit from the wall.<\/li>\n
  3. Replug the unit back into the wall.<\/li>\n
  4. Turn the unit on.\u00a0 Wait a bit for it to “settle in”, then…<\/li>\n
  5. Unplug the unit from the wall outlet — leaving it ON.<\/li>\n
  6. Wait for the familiar “not electricity, on battery” beeping.\u00a0 Wait a few seconds more, to make sure the unit really does continue to operate as if the battery is in good shape.<\/li>\n
  7. Plug the UPS back into the wall.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hopefully that works for someone.\u00a0 If it works for you, please leave a comment below.\u00a0 Thanks, and good luck!<\/p>\n

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    Update: With a week or so of no problems, the unit faulted again, except in this case it would continue to supply online-power to the computer and a few external disks, but the fault wouldn’t reset.\u00a0 I tried unplugging the unit’s input power, and the unit would then fail to provide power downstream, so “something is wrong”, but it doesn’t give the “battery failure” indications I was expecting.\u00a0 I removed the unit and replaced it with a Cyber Power unit.\u00a0 I’ve not no particular brand preference; it was just cheaper at Fry’s Electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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