The role of generators in a protected power infrastructure

Posted on 3rd May 2019

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...

Protecting against short and long-term power disruptions

Posted on 6th December 2018

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

Posted on 24th October 2018

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 UPS generator

Posted on 26th September 2018

This post looks at why your uninterruptible power supply may need a backup generator, and how to set up a matched UPS-generator pair. Online uninterruptible power supplies ensure power quality...

Power protection for extended blackouts

Posted on 19th March 2018

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

Posted on 22nd January 2018

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

Posted on 19th December 2017

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?

Posted on 17th August 2017

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

Posted on 10th May 2017

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

Posted on 27th March 2017

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

Posted on 23rd March 2017

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: Backup power supply for hospital applications

Posted on 20th December 2016

In March 2015, Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral suffered a massive power outage. These power problems caused operations to be cancelled and ambulances to be diverted. Although all wards and clinical...

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