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I am planning to setup a ups with 2 100ah/4h batteries next to my server setup.
Is it safe to work to work next to such high load batteries. Are there any health concerns that comes with working close to such high load batteries.
If there are any health concerns how can they be addressed.
As long as the input voltage is in the specified range, the BEC does not know or care what kind of battery is connected to it. A BEC should work fine with a marine lead-acid battery.
The new Lithium batteries can withstand high temperatures and variations, compared to standard vrla batteries. The upfront capex is 3 times though.
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For sealed lead acid batteries, there will be some minimum level of ventilation required; they can give off hydrogen gas which is not poisonous but mustn't be allowed to collect in an unventilated space. Not a huge problem; just ventilate it as well as you would a bathroom.
For older (maintainable) batteries - does anyone still make them? there are some precautions to be taken during battery maintenance, against acid splashes.
And of course, never carry aluminium ladders in a battery room! More realistically in your installation, all battery terminals and high current circuitry should be covered and inaccessible to anything metal except when being worked on. (Accidental short circuits can melt screwdrivers and, in a proper battery room, ladders.)
I think that's about it.