With the threat of winter power cuts looming, businesses must maintain their backup power – or risk costly downtime
Articles in the UK national press this week alluded to the possibility of winter power cuts as a direct response to the UK’s mounting energy crisis. Reports state that, under the government’s latest “reasonable worst case scenario” plan, businesses and households...
Independent analysis cites power failure as the major cause of data centre outages – with costs and consequences worsening
In June 2022, The Uptime Institute published its latest Outage Analysis, an annual report that looks at the frequency and severity of data centre outages. The report concluded that the financial consequences and overall disruption from outages are steadily increasing....
Northbridge Transformers reinvigorated by rebrand to Crestchic Transformers
Crestchic, specialist manufacturer of load banks and power load testing equipment, has fully integrated the Northbridge Transformers business. As well as rebranding the business as Crestchic Transformers, Crestchic has also invested in new European premises and...
Full Factory Time Lapse Video Revealed
Crestchic Loadbanks, the global leader in the manufacturer of power testing equipment, has officially released its full factory build time-lapse video, taking viewers on a journey from late 2021 and arriving at the end of June 2022 with the completed building. The...
Resistive or reactive load banks?
A quick-fire guide to choosing the right power testing solution If you’re in the market for a load bank, you’ll undoubtedly have come across the terms resistive and reactive. To make load bank specification as simple as possible, you need to understand the difference...
Crestchic Loadbanks officially opens new factory, expanding manufacturing capacity by 60%
Crestchic Loadbanks, a global manufacturer of power testing equipment, marked the official opening of its new factory in early July. As well as significantly increasing manufacturing capacity and creating new jobs, the new factory will allow the company to meet the...
Northbridge Plc rebrands as Crestchic Plc
At the end of June 2022, Northbridge Industrial Services Plc changed its name to Crestchic Plc. The change is a testament to the ongoing success of the Crestchic group. Crestchic, the specialist manufacturer of load banks and power load testing equipment, was first...
GENERATOR POWER SERVICE COMPANY HELPED BY CRESTCHIC WITH A NEW 600KW MULTI-VOLTAGE LOAD BANK
Our stateside division recently had the opportunity to work with Dexter Monroe at Generator Power Services. Dexter required a robust solution, that could be trailer mounted, simple to operate, and allow him to test at 480V, 240V and 208V. This ensures he can meet all...
