Protecting against short and long-term power disruptions
Today, a typical organisation’s performance is only as good as its ICT resource - which depends just as critically on the quality and continuity of its power supply. Accordingly, such...
Generators: physical and environmental considerations
In many data centres, generators are a vital complement to UPSs; if adequately fuelled and supported, they can continue to provide electrical power for as long as needed during extended...
Choosing the right generator
This post looks at why your UPS may need a generator, and how to set up a matched generator-UPS pair. Online UPS ensure power quality while the mains supply is...
Power protection for extended blackouts
A properly-designed online UPS provides its critical load with excellent protection from utility mains power disturbances and brief outages of a few seconds or possibly minutes. However, to ensure uninterrupted...
The role of generators: Covering short and long-term blackouts
Data centres need protection from power abberrations during normal mains operations as well as complete and extended power blackouts. Although compromises can sometimes be made, the best and most comprehensive...
KUP Milestone: 20 Years of UPS Sales and Service
Hook, Hampshire, December 14, 2017: This December marks the 20th anniversary of Kohler Uninterruptible Power Limited (KUP), a Kohler company – one of the UK’s largest UPS sales and service companies....
How well do your UPSs and ICT equipment communicate?
Some UPSs need just simple communications capability, to warn their critical load of an impending failure. Larger, more complex or widely-distributed systems benefit in many ways from more sophisticated, network-based...
Providing protected power under all circumstances
For some organisations, a UPS system provides sufficient power protection to meet their needs. A UPS shields the critical load against mains-borne power disturbances and short-term blackouts but a UPS...
Making the right generator choice
A generator must back UPSs up whenever power protection over an extended period is essential. Alan Luscombe, director at Kohler Uninterruptible Power Ltd., a Kohler company, looks at how to...
When power cuts are extended
Most organisations today recognise the critical role of their ICT resource, and of its need for a clean, protected incoming power supply. However, what happens during prolonged power outages? In...
Ensuring a safe and stable environment: Standby power for hospital applications
In March 2015, Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral suffered a massive power failure. These power problems caused operations to be cancelled and ambulances to be diverted. Although all wards and...
Emergency backup for lifts and smoke extraction systems
At KUP we spend much of our time working with data centres and other ICT equipment protection applications. However, we’re also involved in many other areas where uninterrupted power is...