Five Questions Power Supply Professionals Should Ask Themselves about UPS Battery Maintenance and Replacement

Scott Baer, Marketing Manager-Batteries, Vertiv Services

In a recent battery maintenance quiz sponsored by Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, 71 percent of respondents accurately answered that during a power interruption, it only takes one bad cell to cause your data center’s uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to drop a critical load. Batteries are indeed the weakest link in the power chain and are historically a leading cause of costly downtime. Timely battery maintenance and replacement are essential to ensuring critical system availability. Read more about Five Questions Power Supply Professionals Should Ask Themselves about UPS Battery Maintenance and Replacement

Five Questions Power Supply Professionals Should Ask Themselves about UPS Battery Maintenance and Replacement

Scott Baer, Marketing Manager-Batteries, Vertiv Services

In a recent battery maintenance quiz sponsored by Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, 71 percent of respondents accurately answered that during a power interruption, it only takes one bad cell to cause your data center’s uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to drop a critical load. Batteries are indeed the weakest link in the power chain and are historically a leading cause of costly downtime. Timely battery maintenance and replacement are essential to ensuring critical system availability. Read more about Five Questions Power Supply Professionals Should Ask Themselves about UPS Battery Maintenance and Replacement

Battery and Capacitor Replacement Keeps Backup Power Equipment in Good Health

Scott Baer, Marketing Manager-Batteries • Emerson Network Power, Liebert Services

Under the best of conditions, all batteries have a limited life expectancy, dictated by the frequency of battery discharge and recharge. Valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries with a five-year design life start to lose capacity or fail within three to five years, and this aging process can be accelerated by any number of factors, including high or improper ambient temperatures, high or low charge voltage, overcharging and over cycling, loose connections and strained battery terminals. Read more about Battery and Capacitor Replacement Keeps Backup Power Equipment in Good Health