<div dir="ltr">A lot of people don't seem to realize that the batteries in UPS units are usually replaceable. So after about three-four years, when the battery is shot and the UPS no longer "works", they throw it away and buy a new one. In my experience, APC UPSes are pretty robustly built and it's rarely the UPS itself that fails...it's usually the battery. So I pop out the old battery(-ies), run over to my local Batteries Plus (or similar), return the old core for recycling and buy a new (and sometimes better) one and the UPS is as good as new. The last UPS unit I actually had to dispose of because it truly failed was my own APC 2200VA floor unit. It was at least 17 years old. That's extreme, of course, but I have a very high tolerance with my own equipment. (Or maybe I'm just a cheapskate. Potato, potato.) The UPSes are usually designed to facilitate replacing the batteries and that's the cheaper and less wasteful option.<div><br></div><div>If a UPS is truly dead and it's not just a weak battery, I still pop out the core and take it over to Batteries Plus for recycling. The UPS itself gets piled with other dead/decommissioned computers that are being disposed of. Often, my libraries wait for a recycling day in their county and drop off their eWaste that way. Sometimes it's a local patron that takes them. Sometimes they call a local recycling company that takes electronic waste (usually for a fee). Sometimes they go towards some teen tear-down program that the library might occasionally run where the teens tear apart old computer stuff and use the parts to make robot art or whatever. I'm afraid I can't offer any specific company names myself. Mostly I just wanted to mention the batteries.</div><div><br></div><div>FWIW, HTH,</div><div>Chad<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>______________________________<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">My personal listserv policy:</b></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><i><font color="#ff0000">I may not respond off-list to topical replies sent only/directly to me.</font></i></div></div><div><div><div><div><font color="#ff0000"><i>Libraries have a wonderfully amazing reputation for openness and sharing, a concept I support and encourage. Your thoughts are useful and valuable. I beg you to share them publicly so that other libraries can benefit from them too and perhaps participate in an open conversation...which can't occur off-list.</i></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><b><div><b><br></b></div>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in public libraries</i></font><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:45 AM Jarrad Awwiller via OPLINTECH <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We just had a UPC unit go out. Does anyone know where I can dispose of it? <div><br></div><div>All the stores around my area have said no, and did not suggest a solution. </div><div><br></div><div>We have a two unit device, similar to this:</div><div> <img src="cid:ii_ks0ipm3c0" alt="image.png" width="222" height="166" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><div><br></div><div>Any information would be greatly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif">Jarrad Awwiller</font></b><div><u><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Information Technologies Coordinator</font></b></u></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1zqPzCf8qWeKkMHh_-w2HI__5MfoWb7YP&revid=0B5-Wq5INd8vdck1jdmQ1MThRWktWUFpRbDgvd0d4VzFnQkVZPQ" width="96" height="34"><br></font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">6 W Emerald St, Willard, OH 44890<br></font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Ph. 419.933.8564</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Fax. 419.933.4783</font></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="mailto:jawwiller@huroncolib.org" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">jawwiller@huroncolib.org</font></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><i><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">This message and any response to it may constitute a public record and thus may be publicly available to anyone who requests it.</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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