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My father brought me a beast of an old UPS from work that used to go to one of his stores cash registers.

It's a large NCR (which stands for National Cash Registor) UPS rated for max output of 12a (no other info about output is listed anywhere on it).

The batteries are bad as to be expected from a used 25 year old unit but they seem to be standard 12v 7Ah batteries and fairly cheap at around $20 each. So it would cost $80 to replace all 4. Would it be worth replacing them or just tossing it out?

I can't find a number on it that brings up anything online, but it seems extremely well built, all the caps in it were Nippon Chemi-con's, so it seems at least some of the parts are top shelf. I don't have a UPS currently, so it would be really nice to have one for my workshop PC and 3d printers. I also love the vintage look lol.

It's a large NCR (which stands for National Cash Registor) UPS rated for max output of 12a (no other info about output is listed anywhere on it).

The batteries are bad as to be expected from a used 25 year old unit but they seem to be standard 12v 7Ah batteries and fairly cheap at around $20 each. So it would cost $80 to replace all 4. Would it be worth replacing them or just tossing it out?

I can't find a number on it that brings up anything online, but it seems extremely well built, all the caps in it were Nippon Chemi-con's, so it seems at least some of the parts are top shelf. I don't have a UPS currently, so it would be really nice to have one for my workshop PC and 3d printers. I also love the vintage look lol.
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