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Choosing Between Different Types of Uninterruptible Power Supply
Business processes these days increasingly rely on technology, which by default relies on a clean and reliable source of electricity. As more and more industries turn to computerization, mechanization and automation, an unprecedented strain is being placed on already overworked electricity infrastructures around the world. It has taken the developed world by surprise. Managers are now faced with the real prospect of energy rationing and power supply issues. If any part of their business cannot continue without electricity, they have to find alternative ways of securing supply and/or generating their own. Making the correct choice of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is now more important than ever.
What’s an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)?
A UPS sits between the mains supply and ‘the load’ (equipment and systems in a building or datacenter that need a continuous source of electricity). At its simplest, a UPS conditions electrical current, converts it from AC to DC, and negates potentially harmful power problems including sags, surges, brownouts and fluctuations. In the case of a total mains power outage, the UPS powers the load from its back-up battery until another energy source starts up. Put simply, an uninterruptible power supply can mean the difference between life and death for some businesses.
Different types of UPS
There are three primary types of uninterruptible power supply:
• Online or Double Conversion
• Line Interactive
• Offline (or Passive Standby).
An Online or Double Conversion UPS maintains voltage and frequency variations within prescribed limits so output is independent of supply fluctuation. As well as conditioning mains power to negate problems, this is the only UPS solution that provides break-free supply to the plant or datacenter during a power outage.
A Line Interactive UPS uses built-in passive electronic regulation devices to stabilize and regulate voltage fluctuations. When mains supply power is present, the output frequency of the UPS tracks the input of the mains. Line Interactive and On-Line UPS use tower or ‘rackmount’ case formats and sit next to their respective loads, typically in a datacenter or computer room.
An Off-Line or Passive Standby UPS is a compact device designed for desktops or wall mounting, which uses its own output to track voltage and frequency variations in the mains supply power.
Extended UPS benefits
As well as obvious continuity and power conditioning advantages for a datacenter or computer room, larger uninterruptible power supplies can work in parallel to improve system resilience, MTBF (mean time between failure) and availability.
For a network-sized uninterruptible power supply, the installation of an external UPS maintenance bypass enables routine or emergency maintenance to be carried out (without supply disruption) during normal working-hours.
Extended runtime (the time a load is running on back-up power) can be provided by a combination of extra battery packs and an external standby power source such as a generator or fuel cell.
The transformer-based UPS system
While many UPS are transformerless, organizations reliant on larger datacenter and voice networks, industrial processes, security or hospital applications, often require transformer-based uninterruptible power supply. This gives greater robustness, albeit with slightly lower efficiency and greater heat and noise generation.
Essential protection against power outage and rationing
As well as industrial processes, uninterruptible power supplies may be used to protect large site-wide installations. From the smallest desktop units to the largest parallel redundant installations, a correctly sized, reliable UPS system, provided by an established manufacturer such as Riello UPS Ltd, offers essential protection against the growing risks of power outage and power rationing.
About the Author
Alison Campbell-Boreham is the editor of The Power Protection Guide and provides PR services to Riello UPS Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Riello UPS (RPS S.p.A). For more information visit the Riello UPS - uninterruptible power supplies website.
How do I disconnect the main power from the house in order to change the main breaker?
I had a breaker go bad, we changed it in the fuse box, but then the main breaker went bad, now we have to replace that but we neeed to know the step by step instructions on making sure we turn the power offfrom outside the home to the breaker box so we dont get fried...lol actually my step dad is a contractor and has changed main breakers before but isnt sure about how to turn off the power totally to the property box.
Call the electric company and request them to shut it off. If you remove the meter without permission, you can be charged for "theft of service".
