Minuteman UPS AT650, GS650 (650VA) manual

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    MODELS DESCRIBED I N THIS M ANUAL AT650, GS650 (650V A ) AT800, GS800 (800V A ) AT1200, GS1200 (1200V A) AT1600, GS1600 (1600V A) AT2300, GS2300 (2300V A) OWNER'S MANUAL[...]

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS PA GE Introduction ………………………………………………………………. 1 Receiving Inspection …………………………………………………… 1 W arranty Registration ………………………………………………….. 1 Important Safety Instructions ………………………………?[...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION Congratul ations o n your pur chase of a MINUT EMAN "AT " Series Synchr onized Sinewav e Uninterrupt ible Power Su pply (U PS). Eac h unit is design ed to pro vide su perior, total po wer protection f or pers onal com puters , telepho ne syst ems and any other sensit ive or crit ical el ectron ic equipm ent agains t all c o[...]

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    2 the plug is rem oved to sim ulate a p ower f ailure (n ot recomm ended), d o not to uch the p lug conductors or the c hassis wh ile the lug is r emoved. CA UTI ON -- Do not allow water or any foreig n object to e nter the U PS. In c ase this occurs , immediate ly turn t he un it power s witch of f and unpl ug the MINUTEM AN from the comm ercial r[...]

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    3 Route unit p ower-c ords so it cann ot be walk ed on or damage. ELECTRICA L SPECIFICATIONS Electrica l Specific ations Rated Output Model VA Watts Freq. HZ Input VAC/A Output VAC/A Battery Sy stem VDC Back Up Full Load Time (Min) Half Load Max Heat Dissipation BTU/HR AT650 650 455 60 120/6.0 120/5.4 24 6 15 311 GS650 650 455 50 220/3.3 220/3.0 24[...]

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    4 OTHER ELECTRICA L SPECIFICA TIONS Electrical Specif i cati ons Input Volta ge ( AC Mode Func tion) 120VAC ± 15 VAC; 2 25 VAC ± 35VAC Input Frequ ency De viation f or S ynchronizat ion ± 5% Inrush Curre nt 1.5xRated Surge Prot ectio n 3 wa y, meets IEEE STD 587 RFI/EMI Filteri ng Both Comm on & Norm al Modes Transf er 120VAC Units 220 VAC U[...]

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    5 A ll Model s: Operating T em perature 0ºC to 40 ºC (32ºF t o 104ºF) Storage T emper ature -15ºC to 4 0ºC (5ºF to 10 4ºF) Relative H um idity 95% max imum at 25ºC Non-C ondensi ng Audible N oise 40 dB ANSI Sca le A, at 3' UNIT DESCRIPTION A T S YCHRONIZED SINEWAVE MODELS 1. Power Switch. 2. Alarm Silencer/T est m om entary rocker swi[...]

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    6 5. AC Fault LED ( Yellow/Red) : Yello w when com m ercial input voltag e is los t or too low or in put frequ ency s hifts dr asticall y and unit switches to inv erter m ode. Red when comm er cial input voltage is too high a nd unit s witches to inver ter m ode . Both sta y on until f ault is cleare d. Off as long as comm ercial voltage is present[...]

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    7 Turn on the UPS p ower s witch ("1" position) and v erif y that the "AC Norm al" LED (Green) il lum inates after a short d elay. T his is the AC Norm al Mode . Leave the UP S in this p osition f or approx im ately 30 sec onds m inimum . Depress the UPS "Test/Alar m Sil encer" rock er switch to ward the "Tes t&qu[...]

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    8 frequenc y shif t will cause the "AC Fa ult" lig ht to turn yello w and a b lown f use or tri pped circ uit break er will caus e the fus e/break er light to illum inate (RE D). The audi ble alarm can be s ilenced in both th e "Norm al Inv erter" an d the "Lo w Batter y W arning" modes by depres sing the "Tes t/A[...]

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    9 BATTERY /SYSTEM CHECKOUT To verif y proper s ystem function a nd batter y condit ion, th e user is encour aged to en gage th e test switch per iodical ly. Nor mal ind ications as specif ied s hould be obser ved. If the s ystem goes imm ediatel y to the low bat tery-war ning m ode the b atteries s hould be r eplac ed. UPS MONITORING CONFIGURATIONS[...]

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    10 UPS DB9 PIN OU T PIN 2 -- S IMULA TED CL OS URE to pi n 8 a t Utili ty Fail ure PIN 3 -- S IMULA TED CL OS URE to Pin 8 at Low Ba tt ery W arn in g PIN 4 -- UP S INVERT ER SHUT DOWN : W hen a high (+ 5VDC m inimum ) is provided f or 10 m sec. PIN 5 -- SIG NAL GRO UND PIN 8 -- COMMON RET URN FOR PINS 2 A ND 3 SERVICE If any pro blem s are obser v[...]

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    11 to identif y a bad slow blo w fuse v isuall y. If the fus e is blo wn, replac e it with a fus e of the sam e t ype and rat ings. Reset bre aker if tripped. Unit drops or reboo ts com puter but c ontinues to run in Inver ter Mode. Unit is slight ly overloa ded. D isconnect s ome of the load and tr y again. Unit goes imm ediatel y to low batter y [...]

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    12 PARA SYSTEMS, INC. Tel: ( 972) 446-7363 1455 LeM ay, Carrollton , TX 75006 Fax : (972) 446-90 11 LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY PARA SYSTEMS, INC. (PARA SY STEMS) warrants that thi s product w ill be free fr om defe ctive mat erial and workmanship f or a peri od of tw o years from th e date of the origina l retail pur chase by the end u ser provided t[...]