SBPS

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005059",
  "term": "SBPS",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for Standby Power System, an electrical system that provides backup power to a facility during a failure of the primary utility supply. It automatically detects a power outage and starts a generator or switches to a battery backup to power selected circuits. Unlike an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), a standby system has a brief transfer time, causing a momentary interruption of power before the backup source engages.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "SBPS",
    "es": "SBPS",
    "fr": "SBPS"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/sbps/"
}