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Su-Kam's Online IntelliQ UPS

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Recently we got a chance to review a Su-Kam's IntelliQ Series of Online UPS.

This series ranges from 1KVA to 50KVA, and is aimed at providing power

conditioning for mission critical hardware in a data center, like LAN nodes,

telecommunication systems, etc. The model we received was a 5kVA, which came

with fifteen 200AH batteries. This provides more than two hours of backup time

on full load. Su-Kam is positioning this series of UPS for places where very

pure output voltage is required. The device clams to give a consistent 49.9Hz to

50Hz output frequency and zero distortion and noise in the output voltage. As a

result the device also protects your systems from disturbances and voltage

variances in mains power.

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The device also comes along with a very useful software using which you can

monitor and manage it. The UPS can even be configured for sending different

types of alerts to different administrators in case of certain power situations.

For instance, if there's a power outage or over/low charging of batteries, the

admin can receive an alert as an SMS or e-mail. Not only that, the software is

also capable of showing you the status of Input/Output voltage, Input/Output

Frequency, Main Power's status, total load, battery voltage, etc right on the

dashboard of the application. This will allow you to keep an eye on the health

of your UPS from a single interface. It can even generate historical graphs and

data for your power and power usage pattern that you can monitor across the

world on Su-Kam's website.

Price: UPS: Rs 54,000 (1 yr

warranty)



Meant For: Mission critical hardware


Key Specs: 5kVA, online UPS, consistent 49.9 to 50 Hz frequency




Pros: Excellent backup, distortionless power


output, good mgmt software


Cons: None


Contact: Su-Kam Power Systems, Gurgaon


Tel: 4170500 Email:
mbhatia@su-kam.com
www.su-kam.com





SMS Buy 130382 to 56677





Tests and results



Testing such a large device is not easy. As it's a 5KVA device, loading it

to 100% of its capacity was a major challenge. We connected 15 standard Intel

dual-core machines (without monitors), 6 Rack mounted Servers, two 100 watts

bulbs, 3 monitors, a couple of network and KVM switches. Even after doing all

this we were only able to load the server to 54% of its rated capacity. We then

cut off the mains and ran the entire load on the UPS's battery. The UPS happily

accepted the load and kept our load running without a hitch. Even after two and

half hours, the UPS software utility showed only 60% discharge. So one can

easily deduce that with this kind of load, the UPS can provide backup for at

least 5 hours. To test the purity of output voltage we tried changing the input

frequency and voltage. We varied the frequency from 46.0Hz to 53.5Hz and in all

cases the output frequency was 49.9Hz. This is very good. We then varied the

input voltage from 180V to 230V and again the UPS gave a steady 209V to 210V

output.

Bottomline: The product is very much

customizable and its base price (the price of the UPS without batteries) is just

54k. Of course, the recurring cost will be that of the batteries (a single

battery costs around 16k), and if you want two and half hours of backup on full

load, you'll need fifteen batteries, which amounts to around 2.4L.

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