The Evolution of Battery Monitoring: Impedance, Resistance, Conductance or Ohmic Value

David Brown, CEO and CTO, NDSL

As many electrical engineering graduates will recall, a lead acid battery is an analog device that is often represented in electrical circuits by resistors, capacitors and inductors. However, the actual behavior and performance of the battery is more complicated and can be misrepresented by such primitive descriptions.   Read more about The Evolution of Battery Monitoring: Impedance, Resistance, Conductance or Ohmic Value

Improved Measurement and Analysis Yields Cost-Effective Standby Battery Monitoring

Loic Moreau, Business Segment Manager, LEM

The infrastructure that underpins contemporary society must operate with very high reliability. In contrast to the advanced technology deployed in data storage centers, Internet server farms and communications central offices, most of them rely for near-100 percent “up-time”, or system-availability, on a very mature technology; the lead-acid battery. Read more about Improved Measurement and Analysis Yields Cost-Effective Standby Battery Monitoring

Mitigating the Risk of Battery Failure: Monitoring Is Ideal for Critical System Protection

Scott Baer, Marketing Manager – Batteries
Emerson Network Power, Liebert Services

The UPS that supports critical systems is only as reliable as its batteries. While seemingly low-tech, they require the utmost in care and attention to avoid the costly consequences of unplanned downtime. Emerson Network Power customer surveys have shown that more than a third of down units are due to battery failure. In fact, a single bad cell in a string of batteries could compromise the entire backup power system and leave an organization without protection. Read more about Mitigating the Risk of Battery Failure: Monitoring Is Ideal for Critical System Protection