Some practical load aspects to consider when specifying your UPS
When specifying a UPS, you would no doubt choose a capacity that would be adequate for the data centre or IT room that it’s intended to support, with provision for...
Making your Emergency Lighting exit signage compliant
Emergency Lighting and exit signage are a must for commercial buildings, making it easier for people to evacuate the building in an emergency. In this article Ian Watts, Emergency Lighting...
Digitalisation World interview with Tim Wilkes of KUP
In this video, Tim Wilkes, Marketing Director for Kohler Uninterruptible Power, is interviewed by Phil Alsop, the Editor of Digitalisation World at Data Centre World London 2019. Tim discusses the...
Webinar: Uninterruptible Power Interpreted
Are you a building designer, specifier, contractor or facility manager who would benefit from knowing more about uninterruptible power supply systems and how they are developing? In this webinar, Kohler...
The true meaning and importance of compliance in emergency lighting solutions
A failure to install a building emergency lighting solution that is compliant and therefore effective can have serious repercussions; not only for the building’s occupants, because of the obvious safety...
Emergency Lighting terms explained
When specifying for any critical back up system, uninterruptible power suppliers, generators, and Emergency Lighting systems, you can be confronted by new terminology – which could be confusing if you’re...
The role of generators in a protected power infrastructure
During normal mains availability, online uninterruptible power supplies protect their critical load from transients, noise and any other anomalies imposed onto the data centre’s power network from upstream. Additionally, the...
How operating in Xtra VFI mode improves UPS energy efficiency
The advent of transformerless technology not only improved double-conversion UPS energy efficiency; it also maintained this high efficiency over a much wider load range. Nevertheless, if the load drops to...