Power Problemsand UPSSolutions

Power Surges

Voltage above 110% of rated RMS

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HighVoltageSpikes

Rapid voltage peak up to 6.000 volts with a duration of lOOmS (mS -l,OOOth of a second) to 1/2 cycle.

Ughming strikes, switching operations, ardng faults, static discharge.

Memory loss, data errors, data loss, component stress, burned circuit boards.

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Switching Transients

Rapid voltage peak up to 20,000 volts with a duration of 10mS to lOOmS.

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Memory loss, data errors, data loss, component stress,burned circuit boards. .

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Power Sags

Voltage below 80% to 85% of rated RMS voltage for one or more cycles

Heavy equipment being turned on, staning laIge electrical motors, switching power mains (internal or utility).

Memory loss, data errors, flickering lights, equipment shutoff.

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Electrical Line Noise

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and other frequency causes.

Electtic motors, relays, motor control devices, broadcast ttansmissions, microwave radiation, distant electrical Stonns.

Data error, data loss. keyboanI lockup, storage loss, system lockup.

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Frequency Variation

: A change in

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Erratic operation of emergency power generators, unstable frequency power sources.

Disk crash, keyboard lockup, program failures, data corruption.

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Brownout

A steady state of RMS voltage under nominal by a relatively constant peocentage.

Heavy equipment being tUrned on,

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starting large electrical mo[o~, power mains (internal and utility), overloaded cin:ujts.

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Power Failure

A zero-voltage condition lasting for more than tWo cycles.

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