Critical distribution
Pathways, boards, and protection coordinated to isolate faults and keep protected loads online during maintenance and disturbances.
Critical power building blocks
Specify each block with the whole chain in view-so a strong UPS is not undermined by weak distribution, opaque monitoring, or untested transfer paths.
Transfer & switching
Automatic transfer strategies and procedures that restore preferred sources in seconds when utility or generator conditions change.
Monitoring & controls
Operator-ready visibility across UPS, batteries, and distribution for faster decisions during events-and clearer trending between them.
Mission-critical duty
Architectures proven where failure is not an option
Healthcare, finance, public safety, and digital infrastructure share one requirement: the power system must behave predictably under stress, with documentation and service that match the risk.
Critical power across sectors
The physics of sags and transfers is universal; load priorities, compliance, and growth patterns are not. We design for both.
End-to-end chain design
Critical power products are specified as coordinated blocks-UPS platforms, distribution pathways, transfer switching, and monitoring-so redundancy on paper becomes availability in operation. Fault isolation and selective coordination decide whether a UPS can actually protect loads during events.
N+1 versus 2N choices are translated into concrete path independence through boards and bypasses. Shared vulnerabilities disguised as redundancy are identified and removed in design review.
Transfer testing and modernization triggers
Transfer schemes are tested on a risk-based cadence that includes UPS-to-generator sequences, not only engine start tests. Untested schemes remain latent outages regardless of equipment age.
Modernization versus repair decisions weigh spare availability, monitoring fidelity, efficiency, and whether maintenance windows themselves have become the largest outage threat-lifecycle cost and exposure, not like-for-like habit.
Operator-ready visibility
Monitoring is sized to show UPS state, battery health trends, distribution alarms, and generator readiness in one operational picture. Alarm discipline matters as much as point count; noise without escalation is not resilience.
Critical power FAQs
Architecture questions that decide whether redundancy on paper becomes availability in operation.
N+1 adds spare capacity within a path so a module or unit can fail or be serviced; 2N provides independent A and B paths so an entire path can be lost. True 2N requires electrical and often physical segregation through distribution-not merely two UPS frames sharing a common vulnerability.
Because fault isolation, selective coordination, and bypass paths determine whether a UPS can actually protect loads during events. A well-specified UPS feeding poorly coordinated boards can still black out protected equipment. We treat the chain as one design.
At a cadence matching risk and regulatory expectations-typically planned tests after major changes and on a recurring schedule that includes UPS-to-generator sequences, not only generator start tests. Untested transfer schemes are latent outages.
Enough to see UPS state, battery health trends, distribution alarms, and generator readiness in one operational picture-with escalation that reaches the right team in time to act. More points without alarm discipline creates noise; fewer points without battery visibility creates surprise.
When spare availability, efficiency, monitoring fidelity, or growth headroom no longer match site risk-or when maintenance windows themselves become the largest outage threat. We compare lifecycle cost and outage exposure, not only capital for a like-for-like swap.
Talk to our critical power engineers
Bring us your single-line, load list, and uptime targets. We will stress-test the architecture and recommend a practical path to higher resilience.
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