RCT UPS install

[BrentT]

Hello Ya'll.

I can not be the only one that is hating on RCT. I have been using RCT UPS for a while at home and served me great so far. So when a client said "I need a UPS", I answered "RCT". The brand is perfect, but I have never gone this far into a UPS install where I needed to consult the product manual. This manual might as well be used to start a fire, cause its really bad.

Seeing the client wanted to spend the money on a proper UPS, I decided to sell him a RCT 3000GT(2700w) and a extended battery bank RCT 3000GTB.
The issue I have now is connecting the extended battery bank to the UPS. On the UPS I only have one slot that is marked "Extended Battery", this is easy. On the battery bank I have two slots, "Input" and then "Output", along with a circuit breaker at the bottom. Logic tells me that I would be connecting the "Output" on the battery bank, and then of course "Extended Battery" on the UPS. Does the logic make sense or will I end up burning the office down?


Before I decide to put this thing live, I shall await a response.

Regards

 

[RoganDawes]

Are the connectors not polarised? That would be the general approach to prevent incorrect wiring hookups.

 

[RoganDawes]

Weird thing is that I cannot seem to find the manufacturer of these UPS's.

 

[Conack]

Rectron I think.

 

[RoganDawes]

Rectron I think.

Hmm, apparently so! http://www.rectron.co.za/product/rct/ I learned something new today!

So why are you asking on forums, OP, instead of going directly to the manufacturer/distributor?

 

[BrentT]

Yip thank goodness for that. However I am still on the fence as to which socket I need to use, the Input or the Output.

 

[BrentT]

I have called Rectron, its a re-brand and they seem to not understand what I was talking about. so other than being my supplier they are of no use to me.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Can you post a pic of this thing.

 

[Mal1ce]

Ran into this today myself, manual states to connect the UPS to the top port on the battery pack which is the VDC INPUT port - which to me seems a bit off?

Before I go ahead and connect up as per manual and burn the house down has anyone here connected this combination successfully?

 

[ponder]

Multimeter?

 

[Mal1ce]

Just for anyone else with this issue - my suspicions were spot on, the manual is incorrect, the cable from the UPS connects to the VDC OUTPUT port on the battery pack which is the lower port.