Power Supplies: An Overview

,a„ay POWER SUPPLIES: AN OVERVIEW The UK power supply business is ex- panding in line with market needs. The total power supply market in the UK is currently worth in excess of £235 million and is expected to grow to nearly £400 million by 1992. The markets in West Germany and France show a similar pic- ture: that in West Germany is slightly larger, and that in France somewhat smaller, than that in Britain. The total European power supply market in 1987 amounted to £1.12 billion and this is ex- pected to grow to £1.62 billion by 1992. The fastest growing sector of the power supply market is that for switch-mode types, but that for uninterruptible ver- sions is not far behind. The latter is a direct consequence of more and more businesses realizing that loss of vital data caused by power failure could land them in serious trouble. It should be noted that a UPS is NOT synonymous with a stand-by power supply: this kind of confusion between the two has already cost a number of u...