How to pair your UPS system and standby generator

Posted on 4th June 2020

How to pair your UPS system and standby generator Data centre operations invariably use uninterruptible power supplies to protect their sensitive IT equipment from mains power supply aberrations and short-term...

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...

How to protect the security of your UPS communications

Posted on 18th March 2020

As UPS systems play a vital role in protecting your data centre’s critical load, they must also be kept well-maintained and capable of uncompromised performance themselves. To achieve this, it’s...

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...

Environmental negligence in data centre operations

Posted on 28th June 2018

Data centre solutions have a self-evident obligation to provide their users with a reliable data processing resource as contractually agreed. However, according to a Data Centre News[i] article, these users’...

Ensuring UPS Installation Success

Posted on 29th May 2018

If you’re seeking to procure a new UPS power supply for your data centre operations, it’s natural to focus on its functional attributes, including UPS capacity, battery autonomy, availability, efficiency,...

Energy efficiency and the Enhanced Capital Allowance

Posted on 19th March 2018

With a widely-acknowledged need to become greener and reduce global warming, governments worldwide are using both stick and carrot legislation to push domestic, business and industrial users into lower energy...

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...

Emergency Lighting UPS Power Supply – ‘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 for emergency lighting UPS...

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