Selecting Your Standby Power Solution

UK's widest range of UPS, generator and fuel cell products

For a complete guide to standby power please visit our NEW IT Professional's Guide to Standby Power by clicking here.

With the UK's widest range of power protection products, UPS Systems provides genuine choice when selecting Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), batteries or accessories. We also provide an extensive selection of Standby Power solutions (also known as back-up power) in the form of petrol or diesel generators and fuel cells.

Our customers come to us for advice across a wide range of requirements - from solutions for SME business continuity, to protecting IT infrastructures in small computer rooms or large data centres, through to specialist applications in health, education, communications and the military.

Different customers have different needs, some straightforward, some less so. Many solutions can be supplied off-the-shelf from our UPS Store, but certain systems require consultation, sizing, configuration or installation support.

New to standby power systems? For a complete guide to standy power please visit our IT Professional's Guide to Standby Power by clicking here.

For plug-in UPS and accessories ... visit The UPS Store

If you're looking for easy-to-install, plug-in UPS products, please check our UPS Store for a selection of off-line, on-line and line interactive systems (both freestanding and rack-mounted). You'll also find cables, plugs and adapters, or replacement batteries ... and much more. If you're seeking help with sizing or product selection, please call one of our sales engineers on 01488 680 500.

For large and complex requirements ... we'd be delighted to work with you

For larger Standby Power projects - multiple systems, UPS greater than 3kVA, N+1 redundancy, matched UPS and generators, or UPS integrated with fuel cells, we provide sizing advice, free site surveys and comprehensive installation services. Please call us to discuss your project.

Contacting UPS Systems

One benefit that every one of our customers has is access to a named UPS Systems sales engineer.  If you have a query - however small - and you’d like to speak to someone personally - call 01488 680 500, complete our Contact Form or leave your details for a Call Back - we’ll be pleased to help.

If you prefer Online Chat as a medium to explore your requirements, please click here. (note, Online Chat is only operational during UK business hours).

Standby Power Solutions:

• Standby Power for Computer Rooms

"We want equipment to keep our computer room going during the next power cut".
....  We'll need a little more information from you.  You might want to view our Computer Room Solutions page, browse our Understanding Standby Power section or view some Case Studies, but either way, please call us and we’ll find the right equipment for you.

• Power for Data Centres and high availability systems

"We're installing standby power for a Data Centre. I need a proposal and budgetary pricing".
....  Please review our Data Centre page, take a look at some of our high-availability Case Studies or call us on 01488 680 500.

• Turnkey IT Infrastructure Projects

"We're moving into new premises and require a complete Data Centre that will take account of our growth needs in a flexible way".
....  We can supply your complete IT facility including standby power, air conditioning, flooring, fire control and access systems, including liaison with local authorities and landlords if required.  For further information, please call us.

• Plug-in UPS

"I need a plug-in UPS. I know exactly what I want and I just need pricing and availability".
....  You'll find them at the UPS Store.

• Accessories

"I need some batteries or cabling accessories".
....  They're probably at the UPS Store too.

• Fuel Cells

"We can’t get planning permission for a generator and we don’t have sufficient room to house the batteries required for long runtime standby power.".
....  Read about- Fuel Cells or visit our our Case Studies to see how Winton Capital Management implemented a fuel cell Standby Power solution. To progress, please call us on 01488 680 500 and we’ll discuss an integrated UPS and fuel cell solution that’ll provide you with clean power and unlimited runtimes.