Gensets: a user's guide to instant UPS; IT systems have a particular need for reliable power supply at all times that can be switched on instantly when the mains supply fails. The use of diesel generating sets with UPS protection and various battery systems is the ideal solution. Use our guide to manufacturers and the options they offer.(Generating Sets)

African Review of Business and Technology, October, 2005

ONE OF THE fastest-growing markets in standby power protection is UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems. Fuelled by ever increasing demand from the internet and electronic communications, a continuous electrical power supply is not only deemed as a handy standby if the mains power fails but as an absolute essential item in the company's services within these areas too.

Primarily associated with data centres, internet service providers (ISPs) and financial institutions--where the main demand arises, a similar situation exists with other mission-critical applications which ...