TOSHIBA136.0 Preventive and Scheduled Maintenance / Part Replacement6.1 Preventive MaintenanceToshiba's 1600 Plus Series of UPS battery cabinets have been designed to provideyears of trouble-free operation requiring a minimum of preventive maintenance.The best preventive measure that the battery cabinet user can take is to keep the areaaround the unit, particularly the air inlet vents, clean and free of moisture and dustaccumulations. If the atmosphere of the installation site is very dusty, use a vacuumcleaner to periodically remove dust accumulations from the air inlet vents. Scheduleauthorized service centers to perform internal parts inspections annually.CAUTION Before performing any maintenance, the technician should becomefamiliar with and follow the important safety instructions located onpages 3, 5 and 6.WARNING Proper maintenance of the battery system of this unit by a qualified servicetechnician is essential to the safety and reliability of your battery cabinetsystem. Refer to service manual.6.2 Parts ReplacementThe following list shows intervals for periodic maintenance and replacement of certainUPS parts.1) Batteries: VRLA batteries are maintenance free with respect toelectrolyte only. The charging voltage, temperature, performance andconnection resistance must be checked periodically. Necessarycorrective actions must be made in order to assure safe reliable power issupplied by the battery cabinet. The aforementioned items affect the lifeof batteries, so replacement should be once every 3 to 5 years as aminimum. All of the batteries must be replaced at the same time.Monthly MaintenanceA. Visual Checks1) Leakage2) Corrosion on positive terminalB. Check battery temperature at the negative terminalC. Measure and record the system float charging voltage.D. Measure and record the individual unit’s float charging voltage.Semi-Annual maintenanceA. Repeat the monthly checks.B. Perform a 10-second high rate (e.g. 100 amp) load test on theindividual batteries.C. Re-torque all inter-battery connecting hardware (if applicable).D. Perform inter-battery connector resistance checks.