KUP pulls out all the stops to support a leading UK financial institution’s customer service operations

Kohler Uninterruptible Power (KUP) recently beat stiff competition from the UK's top suppliers of UPS systems and were chosen to replace two existing uninterruptible power supplies for one of the...

Reliability is great, but availability is better

Posted on 14th June 2019

If asked to name our UPS’s most vital attribute, we may be tempted to say ‘reliability’. However, while reliability is indeed essential, it’s not the ultimate goal. What really counts...

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...

How operating in Xtra VFI mode improves UPS energy efficiency

Posted on 3rd May 2019

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...

The importance of the right UPS service contract

Posted on 25th April 2019

Any organisation that invests in an uninterruptible power supply system demands clean, uninterrupted power with 24/7/365 availability for their mission-critical ICT resource. This demand is driven by data centre downtime...

The UPS as an IoT node

Posted on 5th April 2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of technologies that continues to grow rapidly because it gives us so much insight into, and control of, the world around us....

PowerWAVE 9250DPA Modular Uninterruptible Power Supply

Posted on 21st February 2019

PowerWAVE 9250DPA UPS system from Kohler Uninterruptible Power. The PowerWAVE 9250DPA is a true modular uninterruptible power supply system, scalable from 50kW up to 1.5MW, for medium power applications in critical,...

Why only on-line UPS topology provides true critical load protection

Posted on 20th February 2019

Modern, static UPS power systems are broadly classified into three design architectures: on-line, off-line and line interactive. This post describes and compares the three types of uninterruptible power supplies and...

Decentralised parallel architecture – what it is, and why it’s essential for ‘True Modularity’

Posted on 28th January 2019

Transformerless UPS technology, once established, rapidly became dominant because it enabled much smaller, lighter power solutions. These allowed uninterruptible power supplies to be built from several relatively small UPS modules...

Choosing the right UPS battery technology

Posted on 16th November 2018

There is no single ‘best’ UPS battery technology; each approach has its own strengths and weaknesses, and it is up to each data centre operator to choose the one that...

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...

Efficient power protection for large-scale data centre operations

Posted on 28th August 2018

Large-scale data centre operations are now being built. One of the largest, the QTS Atlanta-Metro Data Center has over 970,000 sq ft of total space, complete with its own on-site...

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