Author: tonyb
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iPower-Mini Complements DC UPS Series
Power Inspired have complemented their range of DC UPS for broadband applications with the launch of the iPower-Mini. The small unobtrusive device sits between your existing DC power supply and the load to provide typically well over an hour of backup. This allows access to telecommunications for vulnerable people especially important these days as landline…
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Pharmacy Fridge UPS Applications
Why use a UPS on a Pharmacy Fridge? Unlike applications where sudden power loss causes data loss or other operational issues, power loss to a pharmacy fridge is not such of an issue since the internal temperature is well controlled. In the event of a power cut a solution is simply not to open the…
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New Product for FTTP – the iPower-DC2
Power Inspired launch the iPower-DC2 – a DC UPS designed to provide long runtimes on telecommunications equipment. Not only will this keep equipment going in mission critical applications following a power outage – it allows FTTP (Fibre To The Premises) companies to have compliance with OFCOM guidance on providing telephony services for an hour following…
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Lead Acid Battery Life
Valve Regulated Lead Acid Battery Design Life. Battery Life or “design life” of a battery is based on average use at room temperature (20-25°C) operation. For a modest UPS System, the design life is typically 5 years. Since, UPS applications are standby applications, the batteries are float charged, and the life is also referred to…
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UPS CCTV Application
Our client runs a campus environment and has been suffering from regular outages on his CCTV equipment. Throughout the campus the CCTV cameras get their power directly from the street lights. This meant that a UPS solution would not have to power just the CCTV, but the lights as well. Another problem is that space…
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UPS Runtime Calculator
The UPS Runtime Calculator works out the runtime you will get for any UPS battery configuration. Just enter the load, the battery capacity and quantity.
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Residual Current Devices (RCD) and Isolated UPS Systems
BS7671:2018 18th Edition Wiring Regulations now makes mandatory RCD protection on circuits up to 32A. Isolation transformers will negate the effectiveness of RCD protection. Is this a problem? Tony Bell explains.
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BS8418:2015 UPS System Selector
Many moons ago we blogged about BS8418:2010 (Installation and remote monitoring of detector-activated CCTV systems, Code of Practice) and the requirements for UPS Systems. That standard stated: Unless the mains power supply is supplemented with a stand-by generator, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) must be able to power the CCTV control equipment and communications devices…
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Power Problems and How To Solve Them
Power Problems Electricity is mainly generated by turning a large magnet through coils of wire. This induces a clean sinusoidal waveform that can be transmitted down cables, stepped up and down using transformers, to eventually find it’s way into our homes, offices and factories. Along the way, however, some power viruses can interfere with this…