Microsemi Corp. (Santa Ana, CA) has introduced the first family in their new series of thyristor surge protection products, also known as crowbar devices. This new TCP080E and TCP120E Series of thyristor surge protectors is designed to protect sensitive telecommunications equipment from the hazards of lightning, power cross and power induction. Microsemi claims that these […]
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI), has announced an expansion to its Symmetra Power Array line of fully scalable and redundant...
Belkin Components (Compton, CA) has introduced its Universal Travel Surge protectors, the F5C790-C6 and F5C790-C8. Claimed to be small and lightweight, the Belkin Universal Travel Surge provides laptop phone and modem protection from ac power disturbances, both domestically and internationally. The Belkin Universal Travel Surge offers an in-line design with complete automatic multi-voltage protection. A […]
Citel Inc. (Miami, FL) has unveiled a new heavy-duty ac power-surge protector designed for wireless base stations and cellular sites. Each DS150E protects one phase with a patented technology that combines three layers of MOVs and thermal fuses. It is available for 110Vac to 120Vac and 220Vac to 250Vac networks. The DS150E has a power-dissipation […]
Power Measurement Ltd. (Victoria, BC) announced the new 7350 ION three-phase digital power meter. Combining basic sag/swell detection, waveform recording and harmonics...
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) has announced that its packaged solar-electric-power SunUPS photovoltaic system is the first photovoltaic system with battery storage to be approved under the Florida Photovoltaic Buildings Program of the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). As a result of the approval, utilities and other program partners can receive rebate funds from the state […]
Sustainable Energy (Alberta, Canada) has successfully field-tested its power-management module for residential stationary fuel cell systems. The power-management module was designed to meet a need in the fuel cell industry for a power-conditioning system that would integrate variable voltage outputs of fuel cells with a transient power source, such as batteries or flywheels, to meet […]
Minuteman (Carrollton, TX) introduced its new Minuteman Remote Power Manager designed to provide network administrators a tool to easily manage devices in remote locations via network or standard telephone. Built to be small enough to fit on the desktop or comfortably in less than 1U of equipment rack space, this unit allows an administrator to […]
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced the Pulsar Esprit SLR, which the company claims to be the smallest server-grade UPS in...
Sola/Hevi-Duty (Skokie, IL) introduced a complete product line of three-phase power conditioners ranging from 10KVA to 150KVA, which are available in most...
Power Measurement Ltd. (BC, Canada) debuted a new 7600 ION three-phase digital power meter, which combines power quality reporting functions with analysis...
MCG Surge Protection's (Deer Park, NY) new SurgeFree 400XTs are building entry/main service-panel surge protectors specifically designed for ANSI/IEEE C62.41-1991 Category C...
ABB Electricity Metering (Zurich, Switzerland) announces its new Power Quality and Outage Event Manager for ABB's EnergyAxis AMR Server. As part of the ABB EnergyAxis Server, the Power Quality and Outage Event Manager reads power outage, outage restoration and power-quality information from the meter on request, on a scheduled basis or during an alarm call-in. […]
Invensys Energy Systems (Phoenix, AZ) introduced Foreseer, a facilities management software that delivers a pro-active management system for operators that includes historical graphs and data, trend analysis, and reporting. It will also provide multi-vendor connectivity for power and environmental equipment across multiple facilities, an online database for trending, data analysis and multi-channel graphing for up […]
Compaq Computer Corp. (Houston, TX) recently unveiled the Compaq UPS R3000 XR, which they claim to be the power industry's smallest and...