Dealing with Power Fluctuations

This post is going to briefly touch on the challenges of dealing with power fluctuations in SE Asia.

I would start by saying that with so many power generation and management solutions on the market today there is an available solution to most power problems, now it may not always be the perfect solution ie the one where it all “just works” like it should but chances are you will be able to find a solution.

In my opinion the starting point for a power management solution is to begin by deciding what the real problem is … so we agree that the power is not ideal but how is it impacting on you ? Perhaps your “real” frustration is that your PC keeps rebooting when the power drops in and out. One solution might be as simple as purchasing an uninterrupted power supply or a UPS.  You can purchase a UPS for under 1000 baht in Thailand.

If the problem is basically the same as described above but you want to provide protection for more than just youp r PC you might consider buying a series of deep cycle rechargeable batteries and an AC inverter and setting up a separate circuit- this is basically building a large scale UPS where the batteries act as a buffer between the power supply and the demand.

If you running a larger amount of “critical” demand equipment you might consider running a diesel genset with an automatic cutover from the consumer mains if there is a sustained delay however in my personal experience  Thailand doesn’t really suffer from those extremes of power loss.

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