A central uninterruptable power supply (UPS) approach offers dramatic cost and space savings for healthcare facilities, according to an article on the FacilityCare website.

Whether protecting two, 10 or 50 suites, the central UPS approach offers dramatic cost and space savings, the article said. The central UPS provides protection for all modalities, ensuring more reliable operation and reduction of long-term accumulative component damage. The central UPS also provides flexibility for the future.

A central UPS also offers:

• Lower initial cost of power protection equipment and installation

• Reduced floor space requirements of power protection equipment

• Lower cost of air conditioning equipment and installation

• Lower cost of power protection equipment maintenance

• Lower cost of operation due to much higher energy efficiency

• Lower cost of battery replacement

• System sizing to allow for future modalities

Larger installations involving 20, 30 or 40 imaging suites might be best served with a parallel-redundant UPS system. The design team needs to evaluate the best solution per the given customer needs and project budget.

Read the article.