1. Posted: Aug 21 2007

   I purchased this along with the BR1500 last year and so far I have been extremely pleased. When the power goes out, I can get around 1.5 hours of additional runtime from my equipment. This handles quite a bit of equipment. It does take awhile to fully charge after a complete drain and that is expected considering the size of the batteries. It may seem expensive on paper, but nothing is that expensive considering you are plugging thousands of dollars worth of equipment into it and if you are in the IT industry, uptime is obviously very important. I highly recommend this product as a wonderful compliment to the BR1500.

2. ( 2 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 23 2007

   The APC BR24BP is an expansion battery pack for the Back-UPS RS1200 and RS1500 UPS unit. This unit offers additional runtime for these UPS models, which can be handy if you have one that is heavily loaded and need to get some more runtime out of it. This product, while convenient and well thought out, is expensive. It is hard to imagine batteries costing almost as much as the UPS itself, and yet they do. Furthermore, APC does not provide any instruction on how to service the batteries in this unit when they wear out. Strangely enough, they don't even provide a ready means to recycle the unit when its batteries are depleted. In this age of environmental concerns and the need to recycle hazardous items, this decision on the part of APC is bewildering, especially since APC does collect products for recycling at the end of their useful lives. If you need the extended runtime and have a relatively new compatible UPS, this might be the product for you It's well made and goes nicely with the RS1200/1500 UPS models. Unfortunately, it is expensive and not user-serviceable.

3. ( 1 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 10 2007

   This is an excellent compliment to the BX1500 or BR1500 UPS. With this battery attached I get several more hours of runtime depending on the load. Definitely worth it for extended use during power outages.

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