Power Quality for Business

Power Quality is a technical term that has practical implications for your business and your equipment. When power is generated, it has very predictable characteristics. It energizes all electrical equipment equally and satisfactorily. However, as the power travels through the wires and energizes the equipment, the various pieces of equipment it energizes can change the quality of the power, making it less suitable for the next application. These changes in power quality are especially common in large industrial and commercial complexes and include increases and decreases in voltage, momentary power outages, and “noise” on the electrical system. At its most extreme, poor power quality can even cause equipment to malfunction.

• Utility voltage standards
• Power quality protection
• Common power disturbances
• Power quality problems
• How costly is downtime caused by power disturbances?
• Power quality solutions for small business
• Am I protected if I have a “power strip” connected to my computer?
• Assess your power quality needs
• More information on power quality issues and solutions
• Energy answers fact sheet

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