Author: tonyb

  • Looking for a Practical Christmas Present

    Looking for a Practical Christmas Present

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    With all the recent storms here in the UK and with more on the horizon – the loss of power becomes more and more likely. Some unfortunate folk are out of hours or days and some lucky few may only be for short periods. One of the most important things to have when without power…

  • Telecare Battery Backup Solutions

    Telecare Battery Backup Solutions

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    In the transition to a digital telecommunications network there is a requirement for Telecare Battery Backup, and this could be up to 8 hours…

  • iPower-Mini Complements DC UPS Series

    iPower-Mini Complements DC UPS Series

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    Power Inspired have complemented their range of DC UPS for broadband applications with the launch of the iPower-Mini. The small unobtrusive device sits between your existing DC power supply and the load to provide typically well over an hour of backup. This allows access to telecommunications for vulnerable people especially important these days as landline…

  • Pharmacy Fridge UPS Applications

    Pharmacy Fridge UPS Applications

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    Why use a UPS on a Pharmacy Fridge? Unlike applications where sudden power loss causes data loss or other operational issues, power loss to a pharmacy fridge is not such of an issue since the internal temperature is well controlled. In the event of a power cut a solution is simply not to open the…

  • New Product for FTTP – the iPower-DC2

    New Product for FTTP – the iPower-DC2

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    Power Inspired launch the iPower-DC2 – a DC UPS designed to provide long runtimes on telecommunications equipment. Not only will this keep equipment going in mission critical applications following a power outage – it allows FTTP (Fibre To The Premises) companies to have compliance with OFCOM guidance on providing telephony services for an hour following…

  • Lead Acid Battery Life

    Lead Acid Battery Life

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    Valve Regulated Lead Acid Battery Design Life. Battery Life or “design life” of a battery is based on average use at room temperature (20-25°C) operation. For a modest UPS System, the design life is typically 5 years. Since, UPS applications are standby applications, the batteries are float charged, and the life is also referred to…

  • UPS CCTV Application

    UPS CCTV Application

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    Our client runs a campus environment and has been suffering from regular outages on his CCTV equipment. Throughout the campus the CCTV cameras get their power directly from the street lights. This meant that a UPS solution would not have to power just the CCTV, but the lights as well. Another problem is that space…

  • UPS Runtime Calculator

    UPS Runtime Calculator

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    The UPS Runtime Calculator works out the runtime you will get for any UPS battery configuration. Just enter the load, the battery capacity and quantity.

  • Residual Current Devices (RCD) and Isolated UPS Systems

    Residual Current Devices (RCD) and Isolated UPS Systems

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    BS7671:2018 18th Edition Wiring Regulations now makes mandatory RCD protection on circuits up to 32A. Isolation transformers will negate the effectiveness of RCD protection. Is this a problem? Tony Bell explains.

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