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UID_Zero ,
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...(it is kinda like a bomb after all)...

WAT? I've never heard a UPS referred to as "kinda like a bomb" before.

Keep your UPS maintained, replace the batteries when they age out, and it will be fine. If your UPS supports automated self-tests, use them.

My employer has UPS units spread all over the region we operate in, and we don't have any issues, despite leaving them mostly unattended for years. I have several in my house and I've never given them a second thought aside from battery replacements.

designatedhacker ,

Do they make them with LiPos? Everything I've ever owned had sealed Lead/Acid batteries. Really hard to cause any damage with those.

poVoq ,
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Lead acid can boil over and fill a badly ventilated room with flammable hydrogen and other toxic gasses.

A well maintained LiFePO4 battery that some modern UPS use it probably less risky, but I think the risk for both is very low.

Midnitte ,

To highlight the low risk, every (non-EV) car in the world uses a lead acid battery.

Midnitte ,

Had one of power powervar's lead acid batteries swell up and overheat on us, but it was probably also installed several years ago.

As long as you replace them on a regular basis, totally fine.

UID_Zero ,
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There are probably newer ones that come with LiPos. But every consumer grade one I've seen is traditional lead acid batteries.

possiblylinux127 ,
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If you hit them with a flame thrower they explode

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