What Is An Electrical Emergency Power

This is required by federal regulations codes and industrial standards.

What is an electrical emergency power. Battery backed up systems have a battery bank that is connected to an inverter. Public and or large buildings have emergency power systems installed to allow certain electrical components to operate during a power outage. The inverter changes the 12v or 24v dc voltage to a usable 120 240v. A standby power system may include a standby generator batteries and other apparatus emergency power systems are installed to protect life and property from the consequences of loss of primary electric power supply.

Next option on the emergency electrical power food chain are battery backed up systems. They are heavier more expensive and designed differently. In the nuclear power plants diesel generators are the standard for emergency or standby electrical power supply. These are not car batteries but deep cycle ones.

Homeowners are also installing smaller standby generators on their property especially if they are in rural areas where power restoration after a storm could take days or weeks. They are used for both aircraft startup and as an emergency source of power in the event of a generation or distribution system failure.