Hey all, I am wondering if someone with some more expertise can help me out here.

I recently acquired an Eaton 9130 with dead cells, unit untested and condition unknown and a broken fan. I replaced the fan with some light soldering and tinkering which fixed the noise problem. The next problem was the Critical Errors to try and clear out.

Today I purchased 4 new cells for the unit which are compatible with it. Thankfully the previous critical errors which came up are no longer are present.

The unit:

• Can detect the batteries
• Is charging the batteries
• Can display a run-time etc.

My problem:

• The unit is stuck in bypass-mode
• The unit when attempted to put in normal mode outputs the following event logs
• Go to normal mode
• AC Inverter OFF
• Go to bypass mode

I checked the rear of the unit and I see no wire or connection which might be causing the issue on the bypass patch. I followed the user manual and it doesn't match those conditions either.. but if I go into the panel > Control > Go to normal mode > Enter - The unit makes a 'tick' as I hear a relay but then ticks again within that 1 second - Putting itself back into bypass mode.

Here is what that looks like:

Unit running OK in bypass mode and charging batteries

But if I unplug the UPS from AC power it sits in stand-by mode and of course the equipment connected just shut off which isn't ideal.

This had me starting to think the AC component that handles this rail or 'step' in the chain is/was broken or a short somewhere is happening.. but if I unplug the unit and it goes into stand-by mode, if I press the power button for 3 seconds to "turn it on" it will actually power up and provide power to the equipment connected to it. With zero mains plugged in, fully self-sufficient from its own battery bank.

Here is what that looks like:

Battery power and AC functioning manually

So this is what has me perplexed. - Last pointer, I opened up the unit today again once everything was d/c'd and de-energized; just to go over the board/power components one more time I cannot see any obvious corrosion, blown capacitors or anything that stands out.

I made sure the primary positive batt. terminal was plugged in properly, it was OK as was the negative one.

Without a multimeter I can't probe or test anything but I am happy to buy one if that's all I can do in order to isolate what needs replacing/cleaning or whatever the case is - I am hoping someone on here can suggest something that will help a great deal- I'm not expecting miracles but it would be awesome to see this thing going in order to replace my 950VA vertical units.

Tldr: The unit functions/communicates OK, the unit charges OK, the unit can power from itself OK, the unit can power from mains OK, the unit bypasses OK, the unit's normal mode is NOT OK, the unit's transition from on-power to battery-power to prevent equipment power loss automatically is NOT OK.

At this stage this is my last hope before I feel like I've wasted some money, I am hoping with some brain power together we can solve this :)

Any help is appreciated!

Hey fellow enthusiasts, I've got an update to my home lab/projects/community cabinet running our Aussie community down under - https://xevnet.au

After 8 months we've gone from this: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/11ze3ij/aussie_homelab_running_our_gaming_community/

To this!

New cabinet and gear installed

A couple of changes over the past 8 months, firstly is power monitoring. A couple of you recommended I look at monitoring my outputs.

For this I've gotten two TAPO P-110 units. They're about $20 bucks from JB HI-FI honestly a great product. You can see your live output, and monthly costings if you configure your cents per kilowatt. Very handy. I've set this up in a way where one monitors networking equipment + the 1RU (critical) and the other all my other 'homelab' and project machines that aren't as impactful should they go down.

I've moved away from hMailServer and setup, installed: https://docker-mailserver.github.io/Its simple, and just works. The only downfall to some is its CLI only- but I'm OK with that 😎

In terms of software more briefly I've upgraded my hypervisors from Hyper-V to Proxmox, with a USFF (not in picture) acting as a Backup node. Although I have plans to rebuild this so that Promox sits atop of "Proxmox Backup Server" for better visibility.

I've replaced my old HP elite desk in here with a newer 7th gen model. The network switch has been beefed up as well as the UPSes, and cabling. Its not quite obvious but the weekend prior some mates and I cabled the place so I've got full CAT6 links to the rooms I want (you can see the conduit we installed on the top-left there)

A total of four RJ-45 CAT6 patches throughout. Perfect for ascertaining as much bandwidth as possible over the LAN (for my needs anyway) - I also have Unifi Pro AC WAPs throughout my place for some top tier Wifi. I get approx. 80Mbps where-ever I stand which is something I haven't ever had before :)

Besides this just minor improvements to how I handle the software, monitoring and alerting.

We've expanded our game servers we host to a couple other classics and favorites. - https://xevnet.au/servers

We also have expanded to 3 other locations for Geo-redundancy which has been a fun challenge. We're utilizing Tailscale and have created a pretty well orchestrated Tailnet which can only be accessed through a special 'front-door' instance- thus providing access to the LAN resources on the network. - I think this works well because it provides a great control measure as to how and what can be accessed by who.

Anyway, this is my update, feel free to shoot any questions or feedback and I'll answer or reply where I can!

The bottom one of the two modified antec cases isn't running. Currently looking at affordable gen 7 and up hardware but no rush at all.

The HPE 1RU unit is ~400GB of DDR4 RDIMM memory with 42 cores and 2x 800w PSUs. This unit is a part of a serious business project I'm endeavoring to get off the ground and it's been a fun challenge to say the least.

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Picture with door closed

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Flashy light pic (poor exposure)

Hey fellow enthusiasts, I've got an update to my home lab/projects/community cabinet running our Aussie community down under - https://xevnet.au

After 8 months we've gone from this: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/11ze3ij/aussie_homelab_running_our_gaming_community/

To this!

New cabinet and gear installed

A couple of changes over the past 8 months, firstly is power monitoring. A couple of you recommended I look at monitoring my outputs.

For this I've gotten two TAPO P-110 units. They're about $20 bucks from JB HI-FI honestly a great product. You can see your live output, and monthly costings if you configure your cents per kilowatt. Very handy. I've set this up in a way where one monitors networking equipment + the 1RU (critical) and the other all my other 'homelab' and project machines that aren't as impactful should they go down.

I've moved away from hMailServer and setup, installed: https://docker-mailserver.github.io/Its simple, and just works. The only downfall to some is its CLI only- but I'm OK with that 😎

In terms of software more briefly I've upgraded my hypervisors from Hyper-V to Proxmox, with a USFF (not in picture) acting as a Backup node. Although I have plans to rebuild this so that Promox sits atop of "Proxmox Backup Server" for better visibility.

I've replaced my old HP elite desk in here with a newer 7th gen model. The network switch has been beefed up as well as the UPSes, and cabling. Its not quite obvious but the weekend prior some mates and I cabled the place so I've got full CAT6 links to the rooms I want (you can see the conduit we installed on the top-left there)

A total of four RJ-45 CAT6 patches throughout. Perfect for ascertaining as much bandwidth as possible over the LAN (for my needs anyway) - I also have Unifi Pro AC WAPs throughout my place for some top tier Wifi. I get approx. 80Mbps where-ever I stand which is something I haven't ever had before :)

Besides this just minor improvements to how I handle the software, monitoring and alerting.

We've expanded our game servers we host to a couple other classics and favorites. - https://xevnet.au/servers

We also have expanded to 3 other locations for Geo-redundancy which has been a fun challenge. We're utilizing Tailscale and have created a pretty well orchestrated Tailnet which can only be accessed through a special 'front-door' instance- thus providing access to the LAN resources on the network. - I think this works well because it provides a great control measure as to how and what can be accessed by who.

Anyway, this is my update, feel free to shoot any questions or feedback and I'll answer or reply where I can!

The bottom one of the two modified antec cases isn't running. Currently looking at affordable gen 7 and up hardware but no rush at all.

The HPE 1RU unit is ~400GB of DDR4 RDIMM memory with 42 cores and 2x 800w PSUs. This unit is a part of a serious business project I'm endeavoring to get off the ground and it's been a fun challenge to say the least.

​

Picture with door closed

​

Flashy light pic (poor exposure)