American Power Conversion (APC), a leader in power availability and protection solutions, unveiled the S20 Power Conditioner with Battery Backup. Based on APC’s S15 model, the S20 features network manageability, temperature/humidity monitoring and a 28 percent larger power train versus the S15. As a Crestron Certified Integration Partner and an InConcert Partner for AMX, the S20 is easily integrated and managed within these or any other home automation network. Custom installers now have an all-in-one network-manageable power protection system that will help reduce intrusive service calls and increase customer satisfaction.

Normally reserved for commercial applications, RGPC adds triple-phase power to its stable of custom installation power management products. Richard Gray’s Power Company, (RGPC) announces the introduction of the PowerHouse 3X, designed exclusively for triple-phase AC power. The PowerHouse 3X is engineered for the demanding power requirements of the home automation and home theater systems of large homes and estates, as well as commercial applications, a first for RGPC. The PowerHouse 3X can operate on 208 or 240V triple-phase AC power; can handle up to 6200-watts and simultaneously power up to 21 components.

After the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, Dick McCarthy and two Rotary Clubs lead efforts to rebuild Warren Easton. The books, desks, and blackboards inhabited the same classrooms they always had, only now submerged under 10-feet of water. The high school consisting of 99% African American students and boasting a 90% college attendance and 70% college graduation record, by far the highest in the city, was in no condition to start classes. When the local school board decided that not enough students would return in time to enroll for the fall 2006 school year; Warren Easton Fundamental Senior High School, New Orleans’ oldest and most competitive public school, looked like another victim of Hurricane Katrina.

Rotel Electronics, a high-end manufacturer of components for music and home-theater audio-video systems, has introduced two new power conditioners, the RLC-1080 and the RLC-1040.

RGPC boasts that its latest solution is the only uninterruptible power supply on the market that responds within one millisecond of a power failure to provide a sine wave output. Unlike other UPS products out there, the PowerBridge was actually designed with the custom installation market in mind – not computer systems and networks. The PowerBridge uses the company’s IntelliGray technology which means it is actually able to “learn” the AC line and store that data in its memory to use as a reference for determining if and when to switch to battery power. The unit samples several hundred points of each cycle of the AC wave form in order to detect any abnormal power fluctuations, switching to battery power a reported seventeen times faster than other UPSs. The battery backup inside most UPS products is used 100 percent of the time when it’s only needed two percent of the time, limiting available current. ...