UPS Maintenance

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…

Generator Shortages Impacting your Project Schedule?
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.…

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…

UPS Batteries: Building Confidence into 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…

What a Responsible UPS Service & Maintenance Plan Looks Like
Considerations for Your UPS Service Agreement Once you have purchased and installed a uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), the real cost of UPS ownership begins. Ongoing…

What Should Be in Your UPS Preventative Maintenance Agreement?
For many companies, we get caught up in the cost of a UPS system purchase and installation. However, the real cost for most UPS systems happens after…

Prepare for Winter Weather: Tips for Your UPS Maintenance Inspection
Caution! Winter weather is fast approaching, which for many of us, means making sure our vehicles are prepared to drive in unfavorable weather conditions. Just…

Managing Critical Power with a Remote Team
Quality, reliable power is crucial for running your business, and right now it’s even more important than ever. As COVID-19 surged, organizations shifted their workspaces from the office to employees’ homes, and other remote locations, increasing the demand for power reliability.

Understanding UPS Systems: The Four Basic Things You Need to Know
Many of us who deal with emergency back-up power are often asked to manage a number of complicated systems that require specific attention to parts,…

An Overview of UPS Battery Types
Batteries: The Heart of Your UPS System If you think of your UPS as the “nervous system” of your back-up power management set-up, the batteries…

Understanding Field Service Reports Part 4: Thermal Image Scanning
Our fourth and final entry in our series on understanding field service reports looks at deciphering the results of thermal image scanning. The thermal image…

Understanding Field Service Reports Part 3: Balancing UPS Loads
Our third entry in our series on field service reports concentrates on understanding balancing UPS loads. Before we dive in, let’s start by defining what…

Understanding Field Service Reports Part 2: Capacitors and Fans
In part 2 of our blog series on field service reports we will cover capacitors, what they do, and what to look for. The capacitor…

UPS Battery Monitoring Basics
As much as 65% of all UPS back-up system power failures are battery related. That’s a staggering number, but is easier to understand when you…

Getting to Know Your UPS Batteries II- Wet Cell Batteries
The second battery on our “get to know you” list is the Wet Cell, or Flooded Cell battery. UPS Systems are used in a variety…

Getting to Know Your UPS Batteries: VRLA
Now that we have a better idea of our UPS battery options from our previous article, we can take a look at these options individually…

The Hidden Costs of Your Service Provider
You are feeling good about your negotiations with your new service provider. The discussions about your equipment have been excellent, and your rep really seems…

Flywheel Maintenance- A Checklist
In our previous articles, we discussed an overview of Flywheel UPS systems and the types of flywheel technology on the market today. Now that we…