Why An Uninterruptible Power System Is Essential
In today’s hyper-connected world, we have come to rely on countless services that require instant and uninterrupted availability. When these services occasionally stop functioning due to communication network failures or power outages we feel immediate discomfort, a sense of helplessness that our precious tech isn’t working! While governments and industries are making significant investments in technological and telecommunications infrastructures, and the electricity grids they depend on, it is still necessary for us to be prepared with emergency support systems to prevent damage to our valued devices in case an unexpected interruption takes place.
The most important emergency support system currently available is, without a doubt, the uninterruptible power system, also widely known by the acronym UPS, it is your first line of defence when the power supply becomes unstable or goes out completely! These mission-critical devices are used in many diverse kinds of facilities such as office buildings, data centres, factories, hospitals, air traffic control towers, basically, any situation that must have a reliable, high-quality power supply constantly available in order to function. The UPS systems are the key to guaranteeing continuous electrical service in the event that there is any kind of interruption or failure of the power grid. When the lights go out the UPS comes on!
The UPS acts as a backup system, if the power supply experiences an outage and goes down it stops the services of your systems from going down with it. The UPS is built to provide electricity to your critical equipment by using built-in battery power that doesn’t depend on the public grid. The amount of time your systems can run autonomously from their usual power source using the UPS can be calculated by the type and number of batteries in your system. More batteries equals more running time during power outages.
The UPS system can ensure that everything keeps working. One great example is the hospital, a doctor is in the middle of performing a complicated surgery when a storm outside knocks the power out! Not to worry, because all the energy necessary to run an operating theatre during a critical operation will remain stable and accessible for the duration of the outage. The data centres that provide our homes with internet connections never go down if there is a power surge, and the communication systems of a freighter won’t shut down in rough seas, creating a navigational hazard for maritime traffic.
UPS has another important task, acting as a filter for all the electrical systems or devices you have connected up to the grid’s power supply, against potentially harmful surges, frequency variations, interferences, voltage peaks, or micro interruptions like brownouts. All of these events would be filtered by the UPS system performing a thorough cleansing of the output sine wave before they could have a deleterious effect on your important equipment. The presence of the UPS system can greatly expand the lifetime of the technology it protects, adding years of tool life that might otherwise be robbed by power problems we might not even realize are happening!
Do your devices a favour and protect them from harm with an uninterruptible power system that will help keep them running for years to come.
