EXTRON DESIGNED POWER SUPPLIES ENGINEERED FOR EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY
While most manufacturers purchase off-the-shelf switch mode power supplies that can be subject to variations in quality and reliability, we now design and manufacture our own, ensuring Extron quality throughout the product. In 2004, we brought in power system engineering expertise to address various power supply issues and began to design the best power supplies for ourselves. As a result, we now control the entire design and engineering process for all Extron power supplies, concentrating on ways to avoid reduced lifespan and overheating issues that all A/V system manufacturers face.
PS SERIES DESKTOP POWER SUPPLIES
The energy efficient Extron PS Series of Desktop Power Supplies are ENERGY STAR qualified and consume just 0.3 watts in idle when no load is present on the output. In comparison, a typical desktop power supply may draw 2 watts of input power in idle. In order to earn the ENERGY STAR, desktop power supplies must achieve a minimum average efficiency of 79% when output power is divided by input power. Every Extron PS Series Desktop Power Supply has an efficiency rating of over 80%.
INTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES
Extron also designs and engineers internal power supplies for our products. Conventional internal power supplies are at best 70% efficient, meaning that 30% or more of the input power is wasted as heat. Our larger internal power supplies achieve an even greater efficiency rating of up to 90%. This significant reduction in waste heat generation adds to the power supply’s lifespan.
Power supply failures in mission critical products can cause significant disruption to signal distribution and facility operations. Extron internal switch mode power supplies, like our desktop power supplies, have a demonstrated MTBF of over 1,000,000 hours, enabling reliable and efficient operation of the Extron products they power. These power supplies consume less energy and generate less waste heat than conventional power supplies. The result is a reduction in operational costs due to power consumption for the A/V System and the HVAC costs required to keep the A/V System environment within the required temperature range.
To learn more about power supply technology designed by Extron, visit www.extron.com/powersupplies.
DEMONSTRATED MTBF - MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES
To ensure our power supplies meet Extron standards of performance and quality, we placed a sample quantity into a heat chamber to simulate an accelerated operational life span. This produced a demonstrated MTBF – Mean Time Between Failures – rather than a calculated MTBF that is based on the stated specifications of the individual components. The Extron PS Series of Desktop Power Supplies have a demonstrated MTBF of over 1,000,000 hours. By comparison, our original power supplies had an MTBF of 30,000 hours. We know of no other company that has gone to such lengths to guarantee power supply reliability. PS Series power supplies are available in the most popular voltages used by Extron products: 9, 12, and 15 VDC.
ZIPCLIP™ MOUNTING SYSTEM
With the included ZipClip™ mounting kit, the desktop power supplies can be quickly and securely mounted to rack rails, tables, and lecterns. The unique enclosure design allows direct mounting to projector poles, table legs, and other oddly shaped structures. The compact one-eighth rack width by 1U size of the PS Series power supplies enables them to be installed in small spaces.