Automation Control Company, Inc.
“Cellwatch has helped us improve UPS reliability and uptime for our customers.”
--Ray Waguespack, ACC Outside Sales
Situation
Automation Control Company, Inc. (ACC) provides engineered products and systems to the industrial,
marine and utility markets. Founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ACC has grown its service area to include
customers throughout the Caribbean, as well as the oil and gas industry in the Middle East. ACC has
grown its business with a relentless focus on customer service and is constantly seeking new technology
to benefit its customers.
Strategy
Most ACC customers maintain critical industrial processes or commercial
applications that require uninterrupted electrical power, and use uninterruptible
power supply (UPS) systems for protection. As a specialist in power distribution,
ACC recognized that new standby battery monitoring technology could help its
customers improve UPS reliability.
Results
By deploying Cellwatch battery monitoring systems, ACC customers are now
enjoying improved UPS uptime by detecting and replacing back‐up batteries
before they fail. In addition to enhanced UPS reliability, customers are cutting
maintenance costs and extending the useful life of their batteries.
Comments
"We now have several customers using Cellwatch battery monitoring systems on UPS systems from a variety of
manufacturers. Customers tell me their peace of mind is greatly improved, now that they know their standby
batteries are at full strength in case of a power failure. We have demonstrated the ability of the Cellwatch
system to improve uptime. Batteries can fail in a matter of days and because Cellwatch tests every day we can
catch a failing battery before it causes a problem.
"Cellwatch can monitor batteries daily because, in my opinion, they have the best technology on the market.
Other load testing systems draw enough power from a battery to actually partially destroy the battery.
Repeated testing with such a system can reduce battery life. But the Cellwatch technology places a very light
load on the battery, so that testing can be done every day without causing any perceptible harm.
"In addition to improved UPS uptime,
our customers can now save money on
maintenance. Quarterly maintenance
can be replaced by annual maintenance.
And, instead of bulk replacement of
batteries after two or three years,
customers safely keep batteries much
longer, replacing only the ones that are
starting to fail.
"If you have a UPS system, it means that
uninterrupted power is important to
your operation‐‐‐probably critically
important. It only stands to reason that
you should want to improve the
reliability of that UPS by trying to make
sure the standby batteries will function
at full strength when needed. In other
words, if you've got a UPS system you should also have a battery monitoring system.
In fact, if you have generators, electrical substations or telecommunications
equipment that require batteries, you should be constantly monitoring those batteries to
make sure they will be ready when you need them."
-- Ray Waguespack
