http://www.dslreports.com/forum/And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188217 en Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:02:47 EDT Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:02:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13197784
The BBU ain't never gonna' know the AC has failed, until the UPS gives out, right?

And then, I'll have whatever the BBU has left, for phone time, right?
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everything between your house/ont and the exchange is passive. the only thing that is inbetween are fiber patch panels. i got the guys to show me the one that is about 6 blocks from my house.

The battery will give you 8 hours of "Talk time" or about 20+ hours of standby time

Voice uses the most amount of power because the ONT is powering your phone. it is what is amplifying the voice of the other party and making everything ring. so if your ot talking its not doing much work so it uses less power

on my 900amp hour battery i would say i have about 700hours of talk time minimum. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13194075 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:32:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13193672 If you use say a 900amp battery, this would guarantee how long: days, weeks of normal use.. please specify to voice only, data or both (can't really say about video because its not available yet unless you know the maximum power drain of the ONT)

I was under the impression that if there IS an outage that theoretically, the fios bridge-boxes are not passive and only have an 8 hour battery backup so theoretically your node would die off more quickly than your fios backup battery..
Can someone clear up these points:
Is only voice service is battery-backed up or the whole unit is backed up or is switchable, video/voice/data (on/off switches)
Are there node batteries in each fiber box on the poles? If so, how long does these typically last?
Will there be QOS guaranteed for voice over fiber, as with copper plant such as generators that kick in for at least 24-48 hours? and will that extend to voice/video in any capacity?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13193672 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:35:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13193457
what is the difference between the batt they shipped and one for a tractor/truck/car?
the battery's they ship with the product are "sealed" lead acid. they are sealed so no matter how they are bounced around or turned they will not spill out their contents.

car/truck/lawn batteries have vents to let hydrogen gas out. when a lead acid battery is charged quickly some of the H20 is converted into H and 0 (split by the current running trough the water in the batt). car/truck batteries have the rents to release these volitile gases to prevent explosions. if you charge a truck/car/lawn battery slowly you do not have this issue. if you turn a car/truck/lawn battery upside down they will spill the acid out of the vents this is why they cannot be shipped normally and only by hazmat capable methods.

What about Maintenance?
Most modern truck/car/lawn bats are maintenance free, meaning you do not need to open them up and adjust the fluid level or anything. though it is a good idea to do so anyways once a year. if being used in a house under very very light loads the bats can be expected to last a very long time, 72months+ for a good battery]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13193457 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:00:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13192428 said by rapulley:

The battery is a standard 12Volt battery. You can by them at any hardware store. I buy several per year to use in game feeders. I pay $9-$12.
I'm sure that Verizon will make deals with say Walmart to have a "Verizon FIOS Battery" so that every customer knows where to go to easily get a new battery (some people might be confused by the technical specs of batteries). If you have a standard FIOS battery available in stores / from Verizon I'm sure it'll make the process a lot easier.

-Tzale
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Hey OOL, throttle this! I'm going to FIOS... Verizon FIOS Forum ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13192428 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:26:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13191237 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13191237 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:03:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188584
The techs told me that it was only about 10 to 20 bucks so it isnt a big deal anyway.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188584 Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:11:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188492 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188492 Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:55:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188491 said by jbee:

Who's going to swap the battery out in all the ONT's Install tech made it quite clear that the battery is the customer's responsibility.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188491 Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:55:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188267 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188267 Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:21:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188217
Who's going to swap the battery out in all the ONT's and will it be done proactively, or only after a failure of service?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/And-who-will-swap-out-the-batteries-13188217 Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:11:43 EDT