I've read on some other sites that the stench coming from this system is off the charts disgusting (at least for the first few weeks). The smell is described to be something like oil or new tires. Has that been your experience? null

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CognoscoStellis · Accepted Answer

I own 2 of these exact units and plan to buy a third for my new power desktop computer and have not sensed an unusual smell from the units themselves at all. I think I read one of the answers for this question above about the plastic that is supposed to be taken off by the consumer after purchase and wonder if this plastic may not have been fully removed by the asker of this question, I could imagine a scenario where plastic left on the power supply could cause an increased odor. Just to help with answering this question, but I have a very strong sense of smell which is honestly quite annoying and causes me to be annoyed by odors very easily so if I wasn't annoyed by an odor, then it must have been quite small. But to add one further thing to this answer, I would ask users that buy these power supplies to run a check of the backup battery in order to make sure that the fan that is inside the unit performs correctly. Of the two products above had a fan that was catching on something inside the unit so it required pushing and stretching certain areas of the backup battery and adjusting the position it was in in order to A figure out it was a fan causing the issue and B to resolve the issue. A test can be run of the backup battery by pressing and holding for 3 to 5 seconds the third button on the right call Control. There is a fan sound the starts up a couple seconds after the backup battery buzzing sound created when it goes into battery power inverter mode. I literally ran a test about a minute ago and while not annoying from a few feet away the fan still catches a little compared to the second unit which is essentially whisper quiet. Though I only found out the one unit with the fan catching sound was a problem because I ordered two identical units. Sorry for the little bit of extra info, but I wanted to try and help out anyone who may have encountered the same issue.

One final thing I have owned a multitude of backup batteries both CyberPower and APC.

UrQuan3 · Answer

I have not smelled that with these, but I know the smell you mention. I think it is one of the materials used in particularly cheap transformers and the smell gets stronger as the transformer heats up. For consumer equipment, I would consider that smell as grounds for "return-defective".

Answered by UrQuan3 5 years ago

kayanel · Answer

Not any unusual smell from my UPS unit.

Archie · Answer

Have not smelled anything with this unit

FrostByte · Answer

I haven't had this issue for more than a few hours. It seems the smell primarily had come from the protective plastic that you are supposed to initially peel off of the product, the plastic bag the product is wrapped in, and the styrofoam from the box.

Answered by FrostByte 5 years ago

RonaldReagan · Answer

Have not had any issues with the smell of this product. It is centrally located and still works/smells normal a month after purchase.

Felix · Answer

Absolutely not. No smell whatsoever.

Y3rff3j · Answer

That was a concern of mine as well. The one l purchase did not have any odor.

Neo96789 · Answer

No smell of any kind on mine.

MikeeR · Answer

Nope. I have never had an odor. You might want to have it checked out.

Cordy · Answer

Mine never had a smell. If you get one that smells take it back, it may have an electrical fault. Failing electronics can smell like that and it's an early warning that it may spark which can catch things on fire. Had that happen once with an iron, but it was an extension cord that wasn't rated for a device that produces a lot of heat.

Shari · Answer

I didn't have any problem with anything like that.

Kimberly · Answer

No, not at all. The system is located in my office, so it would be very noticeable to me if it did.

Jimbo · Answer

Not a single smell, from the unit. I love this pure sine-wave UPS.

zilogky · Answer

I purchased two and hooked them up to fully charge them and no weird smells.

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Zues1 · Answer

I have never smelled anything that your questioning about.

flybywire99 · Answer

I don't detect and smell coming from any of our Cyberpower UPS units. We have six different units in two locations and no unusual odor coming from any of them.

Woolie · Answer

I have not noticed any odor. I have 2 of them in the house and one in the garage. No problems!

MitchInOmaha · Answer

I've got two of these, and have never had a particularly strong smell. Most electronics will have a little new-device smell, but these have not been a problem.

Tibbs · Answer

I haven't experienced any problems and I've been using mine for almost a month now.

Marcomike · Answer

If this emitted any smell is was short lived
All I know is I have protection just in case

haroldw · Answer

I have had the unit for a few weeks now and am very happy with it. I haven't experienced any odors at all.

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I have not detected any orders from my unit from the beginning of the install.

Warrenc · Answer

If it smells, return it, it is defective. It should not smell.

BarbG · Answer

Mine had a mild acrid smell out of the box. On my unit this smell INCREASED with each power outage, until it failed with loud buzzing noise and smoke pouring out of it. Something inside must be getting very hot. I returned it to the store.

“I've read on some other sites that the stench coming from this system is off the charts disgusting (at least for the first few weeks). The smell is described to be something like oil or new tires. Has that been your experience?”

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