Re: Efficiency of Sola Constant Voltage Transformer?


"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <mweissX294@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I can't seem to find a valid web site for Sola-HeviDuty, the manufacturer,

http://www.solaheviduty.com/

> but I'm considering adding a model 23-23-220-8 CVS ahead of our UPS to
clean
> up the harmonics from our generator so that we can run the UPS on the
'high
> sensitivity' mode without having it constantly switch to battery.

I wouldn't.

> The only concern is how much this is going to add to our operating cost,
> assuming 11-cents/kWh. What is the efficiency of these saturated-core
> beasts? Back in the old days, we used to use them with automatic
inspection
> equipment, but no one was concerned about energy costs back then. We have
a
> network of computers here, pulling just nigh of 2kVa, running on a
> similarly-rated APC UPS. How much energy is wasted by the 2kVa Sola
> transformer?

I'd be more worried about the output waveform esp. during any power outage
situation. I'd certainly run the idea past the UPS maker first. I suggest
you get APC to re-engineer a solution for you.

N




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