Burning plastic smell from new UPS

[Gabe3]

I just got my cyberpower UPS: http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/ups-systems/browse-by-category/intelligent-lcd-ups/CP1000AVRLCD.html

While I was taking it out of the box I noticed it already had a funk to it. Like burning plastic or something. Its really funks the room up, like everywhere I have carried it in the house you can tell. Its charging up in the garage and I'm hoping the smell goes away soon because I plan to use it in my bedroom where I have a bird and they are sensitive to smells. Plus it was giving me a headache just being around it. I had the same smell when I first got my playstation 3 but that only lasted like a day so I hope its the same deal with this.

any thoughts?

[Niku-Sama]

if it doesent go away return it.
i has a PSU that smelled like burning cat crap once, talk about nasty

[Category 5]

That's normal. Had it with every UPS i've ever bought. The smell goes away in a few days.

[Gabe3]

is there a way to speed up removing this smell?

[Gabe3]

I called cyber power today and a guy said it can take 1-2 for the smell to go away and in rare cases the smell never totally goes away. I asked what causes the smell and its "coating on the transformer". My whole room smelled like it yesterday so I moved my bird into another room for the night and today it seems like the smell is much better. I moved the bird back in tonight so if hes alive tomorrow I know its ok. The cyberpower rep did say the smell is non-toxic and "shouldn't hurt the bird"

[Category 5]

Yes. The smell is fine and won't hurt your bird. He is probably less irritated by it than you. It will go away and you'll forget all about it. It's not even really that bad of a smell. It's just that since you were worried that something was wrong it freaked you out and now you can't wait for it to be gone.

A lot of high voltage electronics are like this.

[Gibbo3771]

i had that once but it smelled like pot :burn: and thats the same PSU that a thinks on its last legs :)