GlobalSpec has asked its users about the latest design trends and features related to Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). They have also shared their product applications and tips on how to buy and use these products.
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What are some of the applications you have used uninterruptible power supplies for?
28 answers
I have installed UPS's in retail outlets to protect their servers and routers and POS registers including protection of banking systems and in data centers. Have installed and commissioned and serviced UPS's from single phase to 3 phase .
~Technical Support/Services, North Bergen, NJ
Data center backup applications that require high availability. Disaster Recovery sites. Building power backup. Industrial/machinery power backup. Medical equipment power backup. Banking/ATM machine OEM sales for backup power.
~Stephen N, Sales, Londonderry, NH
In our country load shedding period is about 8-10 hrs daily so we use it for lighting and fan for cooling.
~Khalid M, Technical Support, Karachi, Pakistan
IT products(Computers, servers,switches etc), HPLC equipment, Home theatre system, Data center
~Gerard G, Marketing/Sales, Hyderabad, India
IT, Datacenters, Automation, Process control, Telecommunication, Banks, CNC machines, etc.
~Atul K, Marketing/Sales, Pune, India
Telephone Exchange Standby Supplies, Feed to critical loads in Power Stations
~Sethu R, Engineering Consultant, Halesowen, United Kingdom
I am at present a field service engineer for APC, MGE and Gutor UPS
~Technical Support/Services, Tlaquepaque, Mexico
The Main Application is to access a universe of 3000000 users.
~Paulo Wilson R, Engineer, Lorena, Brazil
Computers,some industrial applications,medical instruments etc.
~Sanjay D, Design Engineer, Kolhapur, India
Ethernet, Internet, Printers, Scanners, PC's and Laptops
~Manuel Ismael Del Campo De La Hoya, Engineer, Mpexico, México
Data Centre/Server Room
Process Control
Critical Care
~Engineering, Design, Dublin, Ireland
Telecommunication, Industry, power distribution, IT...
~Design Engineer, Skopje, Macedonia
Emergency systems, power generation, control and PLC
~Israel H, Engineer, Coacalco, MEXICO
Backup power supplies for an NMR spectrometer
~Research & Development, Holland, MI
Secure supply of IT-Asset in Datacenter
~Engineering, Process/Production, Magdeburg, Germany
Computer backups and other backup power
~Tyron C, Technical Support, HONG KONG, Hong Kong
Test system design and industrial PC
~Engineering, Design, Bangalore, India
To support Data center applications
~Khaled L, Engineering Consultant, Cairo, EGYPT
Computers, PABX, home lighting
~Anil V, General Management, Johannesburg, South Africa
Banks, industrial automation
~Grigoriev A, Design Engineer, Kazan, Russia
Mostly for servers
~Mauro Campos, Technical Support, Brentwood, NY
Telecommunication
~Bukorovic B, Faculty/Staff, BELGRADE, SERBIA
As a PLC Backup
~Engineering, Design, Pune, India
Data centers
~Technical Support/Services, CAHAGUANAS, Trinidad and Tobago
Data Center
~Other, Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras
Computer
~Alan P, Hydraulics Engineer, Durban, South Africa
Military
~Adam B, CEO, Boston, MA
Internet
~Bukorovic B, Faculty/Staff, BELGRADE, SERBIA
Please share with us any “non-standard” applications that uninterruptible power supplies have been used for.
13 answers
Electric fence energiser that works off 12vdc via a 220vac relay when the power goes down. Main input is a 13.8vdc power supply, switched to 7amp/hr battery, lasts for 24hrs when power is off. Maybe a reverse (UPS)?
~Alan P, Hydraulics Engineer, Durban, South Africa
A non standard application should be the emergency power necessary to refrigerate the nucleus of the reactor in Nuclear Power Plants like that at Fukushima.
~Paulo Wilson R, Engineer, Lorena, Brazil
To connected in parallel UPS from different branch
Special Monitoring for several parameters
Medical Application
~Hector Carrillo Bogard, Engineer, Veracruz, Mexico
Frequency converter (50 to 60 or 50 to 400 Hz) and UPS can work as an active harmonic filter
~Khaled L, Engineering Consultant, Cairo, EGYPT
Coolant water pump for circulating the water for the Nuclear Power plant !!
~Atul K, Marketing/Sales, Pune, India
Water pump for heating. 20VA self made and work
~Bukorovic B, Faculty/Staff, BELGRADE, SERBIA
Still dual input for UPS systems offered as "redundant systems", which they are not.
~Israel H, Engineer, Coacalco, MEXICO
To power a 0.75kw drive-way gate motor.
~Anil V, General Management, Johannesburg, South Africa
Using UPS for manufacturing processes
~Other, Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras
Tread mill, security systems
~Gerard G, Marketing/Sales, Hyderabad, India
TV and satellite receiver
~Bukorovic B, Faculty/Staff, BELGRADE, SERBIA
Telecommunications
~Manuel Ismael Del Campo De La Hoya, Engineer, Mpexico, México
Air conditioners
~Sethu R, Engineering Consultant, Halesowen, United Kingdom
Do you know of any disastrous mistakes that occurred due to the incorrect usage of uninterruptible power supplies?
8 answers
Yes, plenty. Where people don't respect the "engineering and technology" they face serious consequences of it, in the long run. Especially here in India, space allocation, cooling and sub standard battery usage have created "fires" in many places. This created loss to the facility, danger to life, and man hour losses!!!
~Atul K, Marketing/Sales, Pune, India
If UPS is far and you don't have remote monitoring, you can "guess" if system is on line on bypass. Use remote monitoring capabilities available on all brands today, don't wait until a blackout to notice where the system is installed and what the status is.
~Israel H, Engineer, Coacalco, MEXICO
The interruption of the energy supplies for more than 12 hours due to a electric pane at the transmission lines from Itaipu, cracked out of the job many applications recently.
~Paulo Wilson R, Engineer, Lorena, Brazil
Shut- down of critical load such as Data- Center
~Khaled L, Engineering Consultant, Cairo, EGYPT
Burnt hard disk and no proper backup
~Gerard G, Marketing/Sales, Hyderabad, India
Incorrect output levels
~Sethu R, Engineering Consultant, Halesowen, United Kingdom
Yes. 3phase output UPS of 5kVA for router with 1phase and 3000VA. Not even with the magic.
~Bukorovic B, Faculty/Staff, BELGRADE, SERBIA
Yes. Clever man think: " 600VA = 600W.
~Bukorovic B, Faculty/Staff, BELGRADE, SERBIA
