Operator`s manual

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Typical Applications
Telecom
In the telecommunications
industry, providing a high level
of service and dependability is
crucial. Lost power means an
interruption in service for your
customers and lost business
for your company. For instance,
with cell sites scattered across a
wide geographical region and in
many remote areas, the chances
of an interruption in power are
increased, making Automatic
Transfer Switches a valuable
resource at each location. To
maintain dependable service,
each cell site must be monitored
24 hours a day. This can be
very difficult without some
type of remote monitoring and
testing capability. The
SerieS 300
Transfer Switch, combined with
ASCO’s monitoring and control
management system, is a cost-
effective, packaged solution
which can help meet both of
these challenging objectives
without a major investment
at each cell site. With ASCO’s
connectivity solutions you can
remotely monitor and control
numerous sites from around
the corner or around the world.
Agriculture
Maintaining electrical power
is vital to an agriculture opera-
tion. If the flow of power is
interrupted, your operation
could be at risk unless the
backup generator is quickly
activated. A prolonged power
outage can affect numerous
aspects of the operation, from
housing and feeding livestock
to processing and produc-
ing the end product. With
an ASCO
SerieS 300 Transfer
Switch, power will automatical-
ly be transferred over to your
backup generator, eliminating
the need to manually switch
from utility to generator. When
power is restored, the ASCO
SerieS 300 Transfer Switch will,
after an adjustable time delay
to allow for utility stabilization,
automatically switch the load
back to the utility service.
Commercial /Retail,
Light Industrial
The retail industry is very com-
petitive. An electrical power
failure can have a dramatic
impact on a retailer’s bottom
line. If power is interrupted
during peak shopping times,
the effect could be extremely
damaging to present and
future business. A power inter-
ruption will not only suspend
shopping, it can also create
safety problems, result in lost
transaction data, lost account
information and damage to
data collection equipment. In
addition, retailers who rely on
controlled climates to protect
valuable inventory could suffer
even greater losses, especially
if the power failure occurs at
a time when no one is avail-
able to rectify the situation. To
avoid any of these power out-
age problems, simply install a
backup generator with an ASCO
SerieS 300 Transfer Switch and
power outage concerns will be
a thing of the past.
Municipal
The ASCO SerieS 300 Transfer
Switch can be a critical com-
ponent of a municipal gov-
ernment’s emergency power
backup system. Residents of
townships, cities and counties
rely on police, fire, ambu-
lance/first aid and other critical
public sector services. An inter-
ruption in power would affect
the ability of emergency ser-
vices to effectively respond to
the needs of the community.
When time is a critical factor,
such as when responding to a
fire alarm or an emergency call,
an ASCO
SerieS 300 Transfer
Switch can be a lifesaver,
switching power to the backup
generator. While not all munic-
ipal services are a matter of
life and death, they are always
expected to be there.