Top tips to avoid power quality disturbances

Supplied by Schneider Electric on Thursday, 13 February, 2014


Many of the mysteries of equipment failure, downtime and data corruption are the result of a problematic supply of power. Economical solutions are available to limit the effects of power quality disturbances but it helps to understand the common terms used to describe the inherent problems.


This paper illustrates the power quality disturbances as outlined in IEEE Standard 1159-1995, and how best to safeguard your equipment against them.


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