Scouring the web I came across this press release from Chloride North America announcing the launch of their Agility Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
I was intrigued, as the release states that they have five high density models ranging from 750kVA to 3000kVA, all in a “standardised 2U chassis”!
Wow, Chloride must have discovered a working cold fusion reactor and superconductivity at room temperature in order to cram 3MVA of power into a 2U rack space. The worlds power problems are solved!
Unfortunately the unit specs tell a different story. Somebody has put in the letter “k” in front of VA by mistake. This means the sizes are out by a factor of 1000, 750,000VA instead of 750VA, and 3,000,000VA instead of 3000VA. A bit of a difference!
For their benefit I’ve included a few of the common SI units used in engineering today for reference:
G: Giga = x 1,000,000,000
M: Mega = x 1,000,000
k: Kilo = x 1,000
m: milli = ÷ 1,000
μ: micro = ÷ 1,000,000
n: nano = ÷ 1,000,000,000
