Six Types of Power Disturbances

A study by the Electric Power Research Institute found that businesses lose between $104 billion and $164 billion per year due to power interruptions, and another $15 billion to $24 billion in from other power quality problems. It’s not hard to see how the numbers add up. Just consider what an outage of a day … Continue reading Six Types of Power Disturbances

What is an Isolation Transformer

An isolation transformer is made of two copper coils that are wound around each other and are each supplied by their own power source. While the term “isolation transformer” technically refers to any transformer, it is specifically a transformer that isolates a circuit from an alternating current. An isolation transformer does this by separating two … Continue reading What is an Isolation Transformer

Makelsan UPS for Data Center Solutions

Uninterruptible services and business continuity are critical to today's data center and IT facilities. To achieve this, a clean and secure supply of power are key factors. Any power failure can have a devastating effect on impact on mission critical computers, communications and data resulting in costly downtime. Makelsan UPS provides cost - effective, highly … Continue reading Makelsan UPS for Data Center Solutions

12 UPS Terms You need to know

Researching about UPS and running into a bunch of technical jargon that feels confusing? UPS terms can be complex, technical, and sometimes do not have much of an impact on the quality of the UPS. KVA Vs. KW What’s really important for the typical UPS user is to know that when comparing capacity of different … Continue reading 12 UPS Terms You need to know