I'd delayed overly long in ordering the two batteries required by my APC Pro 1500 UPS so paid a little extra for next-day delivery.

The batteries did arrive on time and were almost fully charged when they arrived (a nice bonus). Price was a great deal less than APC originals and I'm hoping that they'll last just as long - seven years. We'll see.

I had changed the batteries on my other APC Pro 1500 about six months ago, so after a little bit of thinking about what I did last time (and with the help of a Stanley knife - for cutting off the sticking tape that held the original batteries and cable-assembly together - and apair of long-nose pliars for easily removing the connectors to the original batteries) was able to execute the swap with little problem.

Thought some other tips might be useful.

1/ Don't do what I stupidly tried to do at the outset - have the UPS upside down. Instead have it on its side so that the batteries slide out without fighting gravity!

2/ Change the batteries one at a time. That way it's simple to see where the cabling reconnects. To do that, I found it easier to rotate one of the original batteries through 180 degrees, which made it easier to access the connectors.

3/ Then rotate the replacement battery back through 180 degrees and then rotate the second original battery through 180 degrees, fit the second new battery and rotate that back through 180.

4/ I was struggling to get the two batteries and the cable assembly back into the case, so stuck the whole lot tighly together with a few strips of standard-width Sellotape on each side. After that no problem - the whole lot slid in easily.

5/ What I didn't do - and now think I should have - is stick on some additional tape to form handles for future battery removal.

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In an effort to save money when replacing the batteries for my apc bqck-ups pro1500, I decided to purchase from hardware express. They were around 50% cheaper and all I had to do was keep the battery connection from the old batteries. They arrived next day too.