Interruptions

An interruption is defined as the complete loss of supply voltage or load current.  Depending on the duration these interruptions can be further categorized as follows:

The term ”sustained interruption” describes a situation in a commercial utility system where automatic protective devices, because of the nature of the fault, cannot bring power back online, and manual intervention is required.  The commonly used term “outage” actually refers to the state of a component in the system that has failed to function as expected (IEEE Std 100-1992).

What causes an interruption can vary and at times much investigation is required to determine the root cause, as evidenced in the recent Florida Power Outage.  Usually however they are the result of some time of electrical supply grid damage, such as lightning strikes, destructive animals, vehicle accidents, destructive weather or equipment malfunction. 

The interruptions, regardless of category, can cause much disruption and downtime for both the home user and industrial user.  At home or your small business these interruptions can cause you to lose valuable data on your computer.  For the commercial, industrial and larger companies these interruptions can create manufacturing equipment malfunction and thus ruination of product, lack of phone service as well as lost data that can jeopardize your business continuity. 

The most common mitigating devices are UPS Systems, Generators as well as design techniques enabling redundancy.  These solutions vary in both their effectiveness and cost.

From initial conceptualization to delivery, to ongoing technical support, Power Solutions delivers protection against power interruptions. We are an independent provider of power protection products and services.   Please call on us for end to end power protection solutions.  www.power-solutions.com