Are Power Interruptions Costing Your Business?
Businesses can lose between $104 billion and $164 billion per year due to power interruptions and another $15 billion to $24 billion from other power quality problems. It’s not hard to see how the numbers add up. Just consider what an outage of a day or two would cost your company. For some, an outage of even an hour can take a significant toll.
Many companies don’t fully understand all the various types of power disturbances that can threaten their operations. While protecting against events like power surges and equipment failures is crucial, many more subtle power disturbances can be equally disruptive. Here are six common types:
1. Transients: The most damaging disturbances, transients, can be impulsive or oscillatory, often caused by lightning, poor grounding, or inductive load switching, leading to data corruption and equipment damage.
2. Interruptions: Complete loss of supply voltage or load current, ranging from instantaneous to sustained, causing data loss and operational downtime.
3. Sag or Undervoltage: Short-term reductions in AC voltage due to system faults or heavy startup currents, potentially damaging equipment over time.
4. Swell or Overvoltage: Short-term increases in AC voltage, often unnoticed but causing long-term damage to electrical contacts and semiconductors.
5. Waveform Distortion: Variations affecting the wave shape of voltage or current, including harmonic distortion and noise, disrupting IT equipment.
6. Voltage Fluctuations: Small, random changes in voltage causing issues like flickering lights and equipment malfunctions.
Protecting against these disturbances is crucial. Solutions include UPS systems, backup generators, surge protectors, and proper grounding. At Encompass Power Solutions (EPS), we specialize in safeguarding your business from these costly interruptions. Contact us today to ensure your operations remain uninterrupted and efficient.
Feel free to reach out to Encompass Power Solutions for more information or to discuss how we can help you protect your business from power quality issues.
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