{"id":5369,"date":"2012-07-20T10:56:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T14:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2023-04-29T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:28:54","slug":"backing-up-the-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/07\/backing-up-the-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing up the UPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Power loss is a critical failure, thus much money is spent to prevent or mitigate commercial power interruptions in broadcast facilities.\u00a0 Backup generators and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) are the first lines of defense against commercial power interruptions.\u00a0 It is prudent to research products and check reliability and interoperability when specifying and installing these systems.\u00a0 However, even the best mechanical and electrical systems will fail, often at the worst possible time.\u00a0 The UPS has a startling tendency to shut down, often at the worst possible moment, due to some internal control circuit or something similar.\u00a0\u00a0 This can happen when commercial power is being supplied without interruption.\u00a0 The net result is some critical piece of equipment is now dark and the station is off the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eaton Automatic Transfer Switch and UPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There is a solution: The Eaton EATS EPDU TPC 2234-A Automatic Transfer Switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eaton EATS EPDU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With this unit, the primary plug is connected to the output of the UPS, the secondary plug is connected to the commercial power source.  If the UPS fails, the load is automatically transferred to the commercial power.  Typically, the commercial power is also backup up with a generator.  The secondary plug can also be connected to a second UPS.  In theory, having two UPSs connected in parallel via an Automatic Transfer Switch would increase the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) by 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPS Eaton ATS EPDU block diagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Eaton products come with a variety of options, including basic network monitoring, advanced network monitoring, switching, and management.\u00a0 Those features are available via Ethernet or serial data port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple layers of redundancy is the best method to avoid those late-night, weekend, or holiday phone calls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Power loss is a critical failure, thus much money is spent to prevent or mitigate commercial power interruptions in broadcast facilities.\u00a0 Backup generators and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) are the first lines of defense against commercial power interruptions.\u00a0 It is prudent to research products and check reliability and interoperability when specifying and installing these systems.\u00a0 … Continue reading Backing up the UPS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[152,238],"class_list":["post-5369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-emergency-power","tag-ups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11575,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions\/11575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}