HI,
I'm brand new and not an electrician so please accept my apologies for what might be a truly idiot question.
In the past month, we have experienced a series of short (less than 2 seconds) power outages. These happen at random, often at night but sometimes during the day. The entire street is affected so it isn't my own property causing the issue - I hope, anyway!
I run a ton of computer servers, many with their own uninterruptable power supplies so they aren't affected but I can't run all of them on UPSs because the cost is enormous. As a result, I'm now having issues with certain machines rebooting at random, and equipment like NASs going down alongside.
In addition, I run a large marine aquarium that has lots of pumps, lights, filtration etc that really doesn't benefit from these 2 second interruptions.
Both the computer servers and the aquarium system are on their own breakers in the fusebox. I have 3-phase supply, to the extent that matters.
Here (finally) is my question: is it possible to install a device INSTEAD of the breaker that runs through a UPS, supplying emergency power for up to say 5 minutes - not enough to run things properly but to deal with these very short outages - and then comes back into the fusebox through a new breaker?
Sorry for the long-winded first question, and I appreciate any help available. It's just these two particular circuits that I'm bothered by, although a full fusebox solution would also be preferable to nothing at all if that is an "easier" option.
Thanks in advance.
I'm brand new and not an electrician so please accept my apologies for what might be a truly idiot question.
In the past month, we have experienced a series of short (less than 2 seconds) power outages. These happen at random, often at night but sometimes during the day. The entire street is affected so it isn't my own property causing the issue - I hope, anyway!
I run a ton of computer servers, many with their own uninterruptable power supplies so they aren't affected but I can't run all of them on UPSs because the cost is enormous. As a result, I'm now having issues with certain machines rebooting at random, and equipment like NASs going down alongside.
In addition, I run a large marine aquarium that has lots of pumps, lights, filtration etc that really doesn't benefit from these 2 second interruptions.
Both the computer servers and the aquarium system are on their own breakers in the fusebox. I have 3-phase supply, to the extent that matters.
Here (finally) is my question: is it possible to install a device INSTEAD of the breaker that runs through a UPS, supplying emergency power for up to say 5 minutes - not enough to run things properly but to deal with these very short outages - and then comes back into the fusebox through a new breaker?
Sorry for the long-winded first question, and I appreciate any help available. It's just these two particular circuits that I'm bothered by, although a full fusebox solution would also be preferable to nothing at all if that is an "easier" option.
Thanks in advance.
