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POWER AUDIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
  • Electrical Power Supply
CONT

A power audit enables a comprehensive load profile to be determined. It will not only reveal active and apparent power but also distortion power due to harmonics, since modern IT equipment demands a complex current wave form...Power audits can show up some interesting results. Cost benefit analysis is one - in some cases, it is actually cheaper to scrap the old UPS infrastructure and replace it with a much smaller, more compact and energy efficient system.

CONT

Jon Wiggin, Emergency Management, stated that the School had recently had a power audit by the Public Service Company of New Hampshire...J. Wiggin indicated the power audit will determine the size generator needed to run the school in the event of a power failure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)

Spanish

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