With the certainty of grid-supplied power diminishing, as powerfully shown by the August 14 blackout, power quality is more critical than ever. You can turn to generators as a source of backup power, ...

Ed Spears is a technical marketing manager in Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions division. With more than 40 years in the power systems industry, Ed has experience in UPS systems testing, EV charging ...

Since the majority of power outages last no longer than 5 sec, a UPS with a 10-min or 15-min battery can provide enough power to ride through the outage or give ample time for an orderly shutdown.

To get the best efficiency for my battery backup system I want to make sure that the backup battery is large enough to cope with at least twice the total amp hours required in my calculations. So, in ...