How voltage optimisation protects essential equipment

22nd February 2012

Here at EcoAdapt (www.ecoadapt.co.uk), we’ve regularly reported on the considerable energy savings voltage optimisation provides and how it can reduce electricity costs. But did you know that voltage optimisation also provides equipment protection which can further save your organisation money?

Voltage optimisation technology from EcoAdapt significantly reduces electricity costs as well as carbon emissions. This is made possible by ensuring that only the amount of electricity which is actually required is taken from the UK National Grid, effectively optimising power levels. There is an important additional benefit from EcoAdapt’s voltage optimisation technology, however, and that is a longer useful life of your organisation’s equipment and reduced failure rates. This saves your business money on equipment repair, replacement and installation, costs which are significant for most large-scale energy users.

Optimising the power levels into your site is crucial when it comes to protecting your organisation’s essential equipment. That’s because all additional voltage creates heat and sound energy which take its toll on the equipment being powered. Think of a standard laptop being used when travelling abroad. When used in a foreign country where average voltage levels are lower, you will notice that the laptop power supply runs cooler than it does in the UK. When your equipment adapts to over voltage from the UK National Grid it does so at a cost – the life of a standard laptop power supply is reduced by as much as 50% when running at average UK voltage of 242V versus the 220V the device expects to receive.

For instance, a manufacturing customer had a control board on a piece of equipment blowing on average once a month, with a replacement cost of £3,000. Since installing one of our units 10 months ago, they haven’t lost any. Find out how EcoAdapt’s voltage optimisation solutions, created with Sensing Technology™, can help to protect your company’s essential equipment at http://www.ecoadapt.co.uk.