The importance of service agreements

Posted on 27th September 2017

In this article, Alan Luscombe, director at Kohler Uninterruptible Power Ltd., a Kohler company, explains why professionally designed and fulfilled service contracts are so vital to UPS reliability. Any organisation...

Make sure your emergency lighting is always ready

Posted on 26th June 2017

Emergency lighting is an essential safety requirement for any building. In this article, Alan Luscombe, director at Kohler Uninterruptible Power Ltd., a Kohler company, shows how a well-designed, correctly specified...

Emergency Lighting – ‘The Right Tool for the Job’

Posted on 28th November 2016

How many times did your Dad tell you ‘always use the right tool for the job’. It’s an old adage, but it applies equally to recommendations that we make to...

The importance of service contracts

Posted on 9th November 2016

Why buy a UPS system? One good reason is if your application is in any way mission-critical; another arises if revenue-generation activity would be halted by a power failure. In...

UPS Battery Maintenance

Posted on 6th July 2016

UPS installations rely critically on an energy source to deliver back-up power supply if the mains supply fails or transgresses tolerance limits – and for installations of any size, lead-acid...

Making the most of your UPS battery resource

Posted on 13th April 2016

Batteries are fundamental to the backup resource that a UPS provides, yet they should also be considered as one of its weakest links. They have a finite useful working life...

Why using UPS remote monitoring and maintenance services will save you money

Posted on 30th March 2016

Data centre and ICT system operators invest in UPS power protection equipment to avoid the serious financial and reputational consequences of a power anomaly or outage. However, for this strategy...

PowerNSURE battery monitoring

Posted on 20th January 2016

The ability to provide backup power during a mains failure or voltage excursion beyond acceptable limits is fundamental to the role of any UPS system installation. Currently, lead-acid batteries are...

Monitoring your remote UPS

Posted on 11th November 2015

Electronic equipment used for data processing, communications and industrial control must be protected from electrical disturbances as well as complete power failures. Good-quality uninterruptible power supplies provide both forms of...

Calculating the true cost of power outages to your business

Posted on 7th October 2015

Ok, so I’ve talked a lot about the cost of power outages in recent articles. ‘The average datacentre downtime incident costs £412,800’ ‘Google’s 2013 outage cost them £100,000 per minute’...

The Power of Communication

Posted on 8th September 2015

However well uninterruptible power supplies perform their role, their protection is ultimately incomplete unless they can communicate their power status in real time. Otherwise, during a protracted power blackout, their...

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