Many large, multi-site and remote installations where electrical or electronic equipment is installed, increasingly requires close control and monitoring of power consumption. This is particularly important for equipment within cabinets, where an increase in power consumption can result in increased temperatures and power dissipation requirements.

To meet these needs, the provision of remote power management and monitoring facilities, based on traditional rack mountable power distribution strip designs, are being used.

This flexible and modular approach provides an economical and scalable solution for local and remote monitoring of equipment located within data racks, cabinets and control panels. The distribution strips can be integrated onto an existing BMS, or monitored separately from a PC, via RS232 or RS485 Modbus for over 2,000 units per site.

Features include:

• Remote voltage, current and kWhr monitoring
• Remote individual socket outlet power on/off
• Sequential socket and outlet power on to protect against surge current inrush
• Alarm traps to set load current settings
• Graphical / tabulated historical and live data for management audits / reporting
• Direct billing of kWhrs
• Communication via RS232 or RS485 Modbus, access via SNMP, Web and Telnet
• No valuable use of cabinet ‘U’ space

The new power distribution strips have enabled users to increase energy efficiency and reliability of equipment.

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