Abusing warranty rights? That’s a bit severe to imply I am doing something fraudulent. Please clarify your meaning behind your statement please.
Oh cut it out with the cheap transparent indignation.
You said it in your very own post:
I have used this strategy for getting warranty replacements on my UPS battery systems. I like the idea of... using the battery to have it fail so I can get a replacement before the warranty period expires.
First you buy an aftermarket battery to save $90.00. Nothing wrong with that.
But then you launch a deliberate "strategy" (your words) to make the product fail in order that you can obtain a free (and new) replacement after using the product successfully through its intended lifespan. You claim to have done this with other products.
And all to screw the manufacturer for a new product, at its expense, which you deliberately used in a manner which you hoped would make it fail.
It is what it is dude.
But it ain't very ethical.