APC Smart-UPS SRT Button Cover

Last crawled date: 5 years, 3 months ago

APC / Schneider Electric UPS units are great, but the Smart-UPS SRT 3k / 8k / 10k units have an irritating design flaw. The power buttons are not flush or recessed, and if pressed and held for 4-5 seconds, the unit POWERS OFF. You wouldn't think that would be a problem, but after having this occur on more than one occasion on the units at work, I designed this cover that will snap onto the rack (horizontal) configuration of these units, preventing buttons from being pressed, but still allowing the display to be viewed. The cover can be quickly installed and removed as needed.
We don't use these units in a tower configuration, but the design could be easily modified to accommodate that setup if needed.
Its a very specific use-case, but hopefully this will help save someone else a headache!