On 8/10/06, Mark E. Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.intellipower.com/
Yah, Google found them, too. They had some interesting tech papers.
The issue, as usual, is that it's all biased to sell their stuff.
:-/
While they all lasted 5+ years, most of them long enough to go through
more than one set of batteries, each one ended up having electronics
failures eventually.
Well, everything wears out, eventually. It sounds like those might
be wearing out at 5+ years. I'm dunno if that's good or not. :)
These days we are using standby units, mostly (if not entirely) APC.
Our regular IT equipment is all on stand-by UPSes. I'm using
PowerWare stuff here, but only because that was what was here when I
got here, so I kept buying the same brand to keep things simpler.
I've used Smart-UPS'es in the past in similar roles. They all feature
some kind of hand-waving "voltage regulation". It's fine for keeping
computers working on typical office power.
Some of our test equipment, though, is both esoteric and expensive,
and in the middle of a factory with crappy power. Your typical
stand-by UPS basically chokes in this environment -- it's like having
a power failure 15 times a day.
I'm pretty set on a double conversion unit, it's just the brand I'm unsure of.
(or you could get one of those flywheel systems..)
Ha ha, only serious. I looked -- very briefly. Motor-generator
sets are the best power protection money can buy, or so I'm told.
It's hard for a voltage surge to get through an axle. Even lightening
is generally stopped by a MG. But while I'm willing to pay for some
overkill here, that's a bit more overkill then I need. (Overkill
overkill?)
-- Ben
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