Articles

• Are UPS key to the CRC?
  Uninterruptible Power Supplies UK Sales Manager, Mike Elms, explains how modular UPS can help cut your energy bills

• Beware the chromed-up V8
  Published Networking + Feb 10

• Ensuring that standby generators are ready when they’re called upon
  Although a standby generator’s usual state is ‘idle’, it must nevertheless start immediately on demand in the event of a mains failure. To guarantee this, it is essential to run a suitable maintenance regime that covers not only scheduled testing, inspect

• Green Power Tips for Today’s Data Centres
  With data centres running on guaranteed 24/7 availability, operators understand the vital role that uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) play in supporting the critical load. Read on for some power tips to help data centre operators stay ‘green’.

• How a generator can complement UPS power protection
  As UK power grid conditions give rise to extended power outages, long term generator autonomy is becoming an essential complement to the UPS’s ‘no break’ power protection capability. This article considers how to match a generator to the onsite UPS, criti

• How to minimise UPS contribution to data centre energy demand
  For data centre operators, the power demanded by servers and their ancillary equipment is an issue of ever increasing importance; a Gartner's survey showed that typically 60% of a data centre's budget is used in providing power and expelling heat.

• How uninterruptible power supplies can cut tax as well as energy costs
  Matt Henley, Technical Support Manager for UPSL, explains the ECA scheme, how UPSs have been optimised for energy efficiency, and how users can use the ECA to optimise both energy and tax efficiency within their organisation..

• Innovative UPS design cuts data centre carbon and energy costs
  Advanced UPS technologies are helping to ease pressure, save money and help organisations meet their environmental responsibilities explains Mike Elms, Technical Services manager for Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited

• Made to measure protection avoids loss of revenue
  Published in Worldwide Independent Power Oct 2009 & Electrical Review July 2009. A tailored and integrated approach to power protection, comprising modular UPS and fully-matched standby generators, is helping businesses sustain vital uptime and availabil

• Managing Your UPS for a Greener Data Centre
  Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems are fundamental to any data center. In this article, Matt Henley, Technical Support Manager of UPSL, discusses how modular UPS configuration and regular battery maintenance can help data centers go 'green' and lo

• Maximising the value of your UPS battery resource
  The key role of UPS systems is to maintain a secure electrical supply if the mains fails or transgresses acceptable limits. To achieve this, they need an energy source which is safely stored and available for instant use on demand

• Maximum effect
  Published in Network Communications News (NCN) Nov 2009. Know how power protection

• New PowerWAVE 6000 UPS delivers maximum energy efficiency at low cost
  PowerWAVE 6000, the latest three-phase, transformerless UPS system from Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd (UPSL), delivers the best combination of energy efficiency, availabil

• Power and control through flexibility
  Published Energy Management Aug/Sept 09. How do you reconcile increasing power demands with energy efficiency, environmental targets and cost control? Alan Luscombe, sales and marketing director at Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd (UPSL), explains how

• Power protection will play an even more important role in the future
  Published in FMJ Jan 2010 & Electrical Products & Applications (EPA) Mar 2010

• PowerWAVE 9000DPA awarded inclusion on to ECA list for environmentally conscious products
  The highly acclaimed modular PowerWAVE 9000DPA UPS now offers the lowest total cost of ownership in its class, with its inclusion in the Carbon Trust’s Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) approved products list

• Practical considerations for sizing your UPS system
  Choosing a UPS with the right capacity for your commercial or industrial application may appear as a simple task. In reality however, making the correct choice depends on knowledge and understanding of your site’s load and its characteristics....

• Redundancy protection
  Businesses should prepare for disruption to their power supply in the future, says Alan Luscombe of Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd. He explains how modular, redundant UPS systems maximise the protection and availability of critical loads, while delive

• Redundant solutions
  Availability, flexible growth and high power density are driving migration to parallel redundant UPS solutions, says Alan Luscombe of Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd.

• Reliability considerations in a modern UPS system
  With a recent survey reporting power outages as a common experience, and most users expecting the situation to worsen, UPS systems are now essential for business critical ICT equipment. Their capacity to respond reliably on demand depends both on elements

• Set and Match
  Published Electrical Review Sept 09. Fully matched generator sets and UPS systems are the only true ‘no-break’ solution for long-term power protection, explains Alan Luscombe, sales and marketing director at Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd (UPSL).

• Sleek Networks’ decision to choose an advanced modular UPS pays dividends, now and in the future
  When hosting company Sleek Networks created a new Tier III data centre in late 2009, it chose Leeds, West Yorkshire, as its base - proactively advocating that London is not the only place to source quality hosting.

• Talking UPS: Why effective communication between your power support and critical ICT equipment is vital
  This article looks at how UPSs can communicate alarm and status information locally or transfer it onto an enterprise network for distribution through and beyond the operator’s organization.

• The Growth of Data Centre Modularity - Seminar Series Overview
  Colt Data Centre Services, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSL), and Future Facilities combined forces organising a series of seminars that take an in-depth look at the fast growing market for modular data centres.

• The issues that really concern UPS users – and how suppliers are providing the answers
  UPS systems have become essential components of data centres’ power protection policies, but what do their users most need from them? A recent survey conducted by Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd investigated this. By reviewing the results, and comparin

• The survey says... UPS are vital to our business
  Matt Henley, Technical Support Manager at UPSL, provides an insight into how data centre operators should select a UPS vendor which is in tune with today’s environmental, business and technical pressures.

• Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited adds Kohler to its title and embarks on an ambitious expansion programme
  Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited (UPSL), the UK’s leading provider of power protection solutions, today announced it will be renamed ‘Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited, A Kohler Company’, before launching its totally new website

• Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd ensures the lights don’t go out at the Royal National Theatre
  Whenever the public are involved, safety is always a primary concern. Theatres are no exception and require total reliability from their emergency applications.

• Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd launches new PowerWAVE 8000DPA the most advanced three-phase transformless UPS system available
  Published in FMJ Feb 10. UPS Ltd announced the arrival of the PowerWAVE 8000DPA – the next generation of efficient power protection products and the latest addition to the company’s highly acclaimed, 3-phase rack-format modular UPS range.

• UPS Power Protection: Why is it so necessary? What are the risks?
  Organisations’ increased dependence on their computing resource, together with growing concerns over UK grid power quality and availability, highlight the critical role of UPS systems. This article explains the threats posed by power quality problems tod

• What is Load Bank Testing and how does it work?
  Published in Worldwide Independent Power March 2010. What is Load Bank Testing and how does it work?

• Why have modular UPS systems become popular?
  Published in Electrical Review Jan/Feb 2010. Originally, UPS systems were implemented as a standalone, monolithic design. In today’s business climate, where pressure on and demand for quality electrical power has become much greater, more modular designs

• Why modular Uninterruptible Power Supply topology is the best fit for today’s business climate
  For most modern businesses, UPS systems have become essential rather than optional. However, while demanding better protection than ever from their UPSs, users face unprecedented constraints on their budgets as well as pressure to ‘go green’. Fortunately