[Robotgroup] Batteries! (Bad News - Good News) :)

[Vern Graner]

Summary:

-This morning a power failure at the TxIS office made it abundantly 
clear that the batteries in my UPS were in need of replacement (they 
only held power up for 4 minutes of the 9 minutes of power outage!)

-A Quick Froogle search showed Batteries Plus had the best price for 
these batteries at $61.99 each... but my UPS needed FOUR of them 
($247.96)!! (ouch!)

-More research revealed that http://www.batterywholesale.com carried the 
same rated batteries for only $31.00 each! ($124.00 to equip my UPS)

- Even MORE research showed that batterywholesale.com is based in 
Georgetown, TX:

http://tinyurl.com/jn63k [link to "maps.google.com"]

- A quick (well, long drive actually) to their site, I had my batteries 
and was checking out and the rep asked me if I would like TxIS to become 
a reseller... I showed my tax ID and said "sure!" - voila! - %25 off the 
order! :) He even threw in the "fused cross-connects" I needed to make 
the batteries ready to install in my UPS. :)

So, the moral of the story is, if you need batteries let me know as 1) 
TxIS is now a reseller and 2)these guys are kickin Batteries Plus's 
prices big time. Also, since you can pick them up, no huge shipping 
fees. :) Neato!

Vern

-- 
Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE    | "If the network is down, then you're
Senior Systems Engineer    | obviously incompetent so why are we
Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
http://www.txis.com        | is up, then we obviously don't need
Austin Office 512 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" ©VLG