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The Main Components of a DC Power System

In our connected, high-tech and high-paced world, tolerance for downtime is simply not acceptable. DC Power Plants are often used in many industries, especially telecom…

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Emergency Lighting Inverters: Preventative Maintenance Inspections

It’s easy to forget about the emergency lighting inverter within your facility.  Emergency lighting inverters often aren’t directly supporting sensitive equipment, or critical loads that…

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Battery Module Replacement

Hot-Swappable UPS Batteries

An often used term that our customers hear regarding their UPS System Batteries is “Hot-Swappable”. In this article, we’ll discuss more about how a hot-swappable…

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DC Power Plants: Efficient Power for Industry

For most of power infrastructure and transmission, the globe runs on alternating current (AC) power, but there are specific applications where Direct Current (DC) power…

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Meyers Lighting Inverter

Trusted Service Provider for EPS

QPS is a Trusted Service Provider for Myers Emergency Power Systems For a number of years, QPS has been recognized as a trusted and highly…

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Battery Self Test: Can I Trust It?

Many UPS systems today come with a UPS battery self-test feature. While this function can often aid in understanding a UPS battery’s health it may…

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Xtreme Power Conversion

Quality Power Solutions Elite Service Provider for XPCC

For over a decade, Quality Power Solutions has been an Authorized Partner with Xtreme Power Conversion (XPCC). During that time, our trained technicians have completed…

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Toshiba UPS

Free On-Site Consultation

For no cost at all, QPS will conduct an On-Site Facility Assessment to determine if your power backup systems are appropriate for your facility and…

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Riello UPS Systems

Introducing… Riello UPS Systems

Riello UPS is a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) based in Verona, Italy. With R&D focus being exclusively on producing UPS systems, Riello UPS…

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UPS Battery Testing

When it’s Time To Replace Your Aging UPS System…

Just like every other type of equipment, UPS systems have a useful service life before their reliability starts to diminish. Smaller single-phase UPSs may only…

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Toshiba UPS

QPS Awarded Elite Service Provider Status

QPS has exciting news…

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UPS Batteries

Why use Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) Batteries?

While the first design for a Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) battery was created close to 50 years ago, its unique design and characteristics are…

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What is Thermal Runaway?

One of the largest hazards related to UPS systems, Emergency Lighting Inverters and DC Applications is thermal runaway. What is it, and how can you…

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Black APC rack-mounted UPS with dual compartments and a control panel on the front.

Security Vulnerabilities in APC Smart-UPS Models

Schneider Electric recently published a security vulnerability in several APC Smart-UPS models which, if compromised, may allow for potential unauthorized access and control of the…

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Industrial Generac Generator

Shortage of Generators and the Impact

We’ve grown accustomed to longer wait times than normal these days, with shortage on many products, from toilet paper to trucks, and everything in between.…

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UPS Battery Supply Chain Shortages

With Covid 19 dramatically slowing or halting many of our supply chains, have you considered how this will affect your UPS and the critical equipment…

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Severe weather power outage

UPS Batteries: Invest in Your Utility Redundancy Plan

How to Ensure That Your Business Stays Online, Even in a Catastrophe. Extreme cold caused a cascading number of power outages across the state of…

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A Responsible UPS Service & Maintenance Plan

Considerations for Your UPS Service Agreement Once you have purchased and installed an uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), the real cost of UPS ownership begins. Ongoing…

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