Power Quality
- With increased reliance on sensitive digital
electronics in day-to-day operations - commercial,
industrial and institutional facilities are finding it
necessary to demand an ever increasing high level of
quality and reliability in the power that they
use.
The
Reality
- Today's sophisticated electronic equipment and control
systems demand greater power quality than ever before.
Competition has forced the need to use more miniaturized
components, lower cost components and less "on-board"
protection. This all results in equipment and components
that are less able to withstand spikes, surges, sags,
ground potential differences and other assorted power
anomalies. All of these things decrease the life of the
equipment and reduce the reliability of operation. Nearly
95% or all power quality problems are caused by improper
grounding, poor installation practices, inferior
installation materials or improper material choices. Of
these, proper grounding is the most often overlooked and
is becoming more important as equipment and components
become more sensitive.
The
Course of Action
- ANCO Associates provides an orderly systematic approach
to analyzing new facility design and installation plans
as well as existing facility configurations,
concentrating on these basic installation methods and
materials issues. Such analysis and the resulting
recommendations help insure the highest level of power
quality for the protection and optimum level of
performance from electronic equipment and components.
Generally such attention to detail will drastically
reduce the need for and often make unnecessary the
installation of costly "conditioning" and "clean power"
devices and equipment.