Telecommunication Power System
AssigneeTelect, Inc.
InventorsLarry O'Neal Reeder, David Knaggs
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Abstract
A telecommunication power system comprises a battery recharge bus connected to a load bus via a plurality of contactor control paths. The telecommunication power system continuously cycles battery strings as primary power for loads at telecommunication sites in conjunction with utilizing alternate power sources as secondary power for the loads at the telecommunication sites. The telecommunication power system may be installed in a telecommunication site without removing an existing lead-acid rectifier system.
Claims20
A power system comprising:
- a return bus and a load bus arranged to distribute power to at least one load;
- a battery recharge bus connected to the load bus via a plurality of contactor control paths;
- and
- a plurality of battery strings arranged to be primary power sources for the at least one load, wherein each battery string of the plurality of battery strings is connected to a respective contactor control path of the plurality of contactor control paths.
A method of powering a load arranged at a remote telecommunications site, the method comprising:
- providing primary power to the load via a first battery string connected to a first contactor control path having a closed circuit with a load bus;
- configuring a second contactor control path, connected to a second battery string, such that the second contactor control path has a closed circuit with the load bus;
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- switching the second battery string on to the load bus such that the second battery string provides the primary power to the load instead of the first battery string.
A method of installing a power system in a telecommunications site, the method comprising:
- installing a battery recharge bus in the telecommunications site;
- and
- connecting the battery recharge bus to a load bus via a plurality of contactor control paths, the load bus arranged to distribute power to at least one load at the telecommunications site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.