What Are the Standards for Structured Cabling?
When one bad patch cord can knock out an entire floor, “good enough” wiring quickly becomes “good luck.” Small wiring mistakes can trigger outages, slow troubleshooting, and limit how your network scales over time. That is why structured cabling standards exist. In this plain-English guide, Camali Corp’s BICSI-certified engineers explain what structured cabling standards are, […]
What Is the Difference Between Single-Phase and Three-Phase Power?
Single-phase power carries electricity on a single AC wave, while three-phase power delivers three waves offset by 120 degrees. Because at least one wave is always at peak voltage, three-phase provides steadier current and up to 73% more usable power through the same size conductors. Understanding the difference between single-phase and three-phase power is critical […]
How to Plan a Server Room Layout for Optimal Airflow?
Your e-commerce store is humming with overnight sales, and then the phones light up. The server room overheated, the core switch faltered, and revenue evaporated in minutes. Many assume the HVAC is to blame, but more often the real culprit is poor airflow management. At Camali Corp, we design, build, and maintain mission-critical environments for […]
What Happens If My Data Center AC Fails?
It’s 2:07 a.m. on a Sunday. Your phone buzzes with a high-temperature alert from the core switch. You pull up the security camera, and a sea of red LEDs flickers through the dark aisle. Somewhere behind the racks, the precision air-conditioning unit that has guarded your servers for 1,000 straight days just tripped offline. That […]
How Often Should UPS Batteries Be Replaced?
When a $2-million server stack at a New Jersey fintech firm crashed during a thunderstorm, the cause was not a power surge. A four-year-old UPS battery failed about 30 seconds too early. Incidents like this are common because many organizations treat uninterruptible power supplies as set-and-forget systems. In reality, UPS batteries are consumables with a […]
What Causes Cable Signal Interference in Data Centers?
Even a few frozen seconds can disrupt operations in a busy data center. When performance drops, teams often investigate servers, storage, or applications first. Yet in many facilities, the real issue lives inside the cable infrastructure itself. Cable signal interference caused by electromagnetic noise can weaken data signals, increase retransmissions, and quietly slow critical processes […]
What’s the Best Power Setup for Mixed-Use Industrial Facilities?
Mixed-use industrial facilities combine offices, warehouses, and factories, each with very different energy needs. Some areas run heavy machinery around the clock, while others only power lights, computers, and HVAC systems. Managing these varying demands can create high energy bills and frequent power challenges. For example, a 500-acre site might run forklifts in the warehouse […]
How Long Does It Take to Install a Commercial Generator?
Everything is running normally until it isn’t. One unexpected power loss is all it takes to stop equipment mid-cycle, drop servers offline, and put safety systems at risk. For industrial and commercial facilities, even a brief outage can interrupt operations and create downtime costs that escalate fast. A standby generator can prevent these losses, yet […]
What Does a Preventive Maintenance Contract Include?
It’s 2 a.m. on a steamy July night. A rooftop HVAC chiller that normally runs quietly and smoothly suddenly quits. Inside the plant, the temperature rises fast, alarms go off, and the night crew scrambles to protect machines that can’t handle heat. The facilities manager’s phone lights up: “System down, need help NOW.” Sound familiar? […]
What Are the Most Common Causes of Facility Downtime?
Your packaging line hums, orders are stacked, and bonus targets look safe, until a single bearing seizes. In seven seconds the conveyor stops, alarms blare, and every silent minute now drains nearly $22,000 in lost output. Scenes like this still play out every day in modern facilities. The frustrating part is that most shutdowns are […]