Did You Know? 6 Interesting Facts about Uninterruptible Power Supply

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When we heard facts, what specific things come into our minds? Hmmmm you’re smiling huh?

Today I’m listing some cool facts you might not know about UPS or uninterruptible power supply or uninterrupted power supply.

First here is a brief overview of what is UPS.

UPS is a special device, usually located between computers (or any digital equipment) and a wall outlet to prevent data loss in case of a power loss or surge. Actually this is some kind of a backup power supply that provides protection for our computers and serves as a battery backup  that helps saves our data by keeping the machine running without any interruptions like over-voltage, brownouts or blackouts. It also provides protections from power sags, surges and spikes.

And here is what we are waiting for - the cool facts about UPS.

1. The world’s largest UPS is the 46-megawatt Battery Electric Storage System (BESS), located in Fairbanks Alaska, powers the entire city and nearby communities during outages. I can’t really imagine how huge this UPS was. I hope every region will have the same kind.

2. John Hanley patented the very first UPS and called it as an “Apparatus for Maintaining an Unfailing and Uninterrupted Supply of Electrical Energy”. Can you repeat that? Or should we still use the term UPS rather than this one? I bet couple of bucks you stick with UPS!

3. No one can claim that he invented the UPS. It is a combination of many theories and studies that took years to be complete. So don’t believe someone saying he’s the inventor. He probably didn’t know what he’s saying!

4. UPS can be as small as a notebook or as huge as a room. The difference is basically depends on the amount of equipment being protected and how much battery backup time is needed. The smallest weighs 1.5 kg and has dimensions of 195 x 142 x 45mm. The largest is that BESS (stated above).

5. UPS has an option to alarms when certain error occurs. This is very helpful option for us to be notified that there is something wrong. Prevention is better than fixing.

6. The first UPS were of rotary design. It uses the inertia of a high-mass spinning flywheel to provide short-term ride-through in the event of power loss. The flywheel also acts as a buffer against power spikes, surges and sags. Just like the other stuffs, UPS also starts from analog technology.

Interesting right? No doubt that we really need uninterruptible power supply for our gadgets appliances and other stuffs, for them to be protected and to last longer. Hopefully you have fun reading. I hope to hear from you.

Until next time! Grab your UPS now!