DC Power Services News Archives - Alamon

Visit Alamon at the SCTBA 2024 Fall Conference

Alamon — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:16:14 +0000

Alamon is Proud to Exhibit at the 2024 SCTBA Fall Conference

byAlamon/November 11, 2024/inDC Power Services News, Network Services News

Alamon is proud to be an exhibitor at the 2024 South Carolina Telecommunications and Broadband Fall Conference. Join us November 14 & 15 at the Charleston Marriott Hotel.

DC Power Sales Manager Vince Marano can answer any questions you have about Batteries, DC Power Systems, Spill Containment Systems and much more.

Book time with Vince by reaching out HERE.

We’ll see you in Charleston on Thursday and Friday.

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Visit Alamon at the NTCA Fall Conference 2024

Alamon — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:26:32 +0000

Visit Alamon at the NTCA Fall Conference 2024

byAlamon/September 26, 2024/inDC Power Services News

Alamon proudly supports the NTCA and the 840+ broadband companies building connectivity in small communities across the U.S. Tap into our decades of DC power and network infrastructure expertise at the NTCA Fall Conference Sunday September 29th through Wednesday October 2nd at the JW Marriott, Courtyard, Spring Hill Suites in Indianapolis, IN.

Visit with our Sales Manager Vince Marano in booth 303, and enter to win a battery-powered RC truck!

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Full-Service Nationwide Infrastructure Installation and Maintenance Services

Alamon — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:33:21 +0000

Alamon’s Full Suite of Infrastructure Services

Very few companies offer the full-service, nationwide infrastructure installation and maintenance support that Alamon does.

Our high-quality professional support of communication, energy, enterprise and utility infrastructure is relied on by some of the nation’s largest service providers and Fortune 500 companies.

Here is a comprehensive list of our technical capabilities.

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Battery Testing and Installation for a Military Installation

Alamon — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:10:47 +0000

Battery Testing and Installation… for a Military Installation

byAlamon/July 6, 2022/inDC Power Services News

Ridgecrest, CA

Alamon performs a variety of professional DC Power Services for all kinds of projects, and one of the more interesting and successful ones recently took place at a military installation 150 miles north of Los Angeles in the Western Mojave Desert.

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake sits 2,400 feet above sea level in California’s high desert. The Navy and Marine Corps have developed or tested nearly every significant airborne weapon system in the past five decades at this 1.1 million acre facility, which features over 20,000 square miles of controlled airspace.

As you might expect at a site where cutting edge weapons systems are tested and evaluated for the U.S. Department of Defense, communications is a high priority.

Enter Alamon. As a highly regarded DC Power Services provider, Alamon supplies annual battery inspections for NAWS China Lake, working through telecom contractor Dawson Communications.

Eight remote telecom buildings across the facility handle various communications tasks related to demolitions, radar, weaponry, security and more. Each is equipped with battery backups.

Following one of the regularly scheduled inspections that included conductance and heat tests, the batteries were approaching the end of their useful lifespan. Alamon’s Jason Holling reported back to the client with a recommendation to replace the batteries.

Following the bid review process, Alamon was awarded the battery replacement work and quickly got to work once the batteries were delivered.

Holling explains, “the main site had 23 batteries at 465 lbs apiece, and there were two strings, so 46 batteries at that weight. And when you work in the high desert at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, you get every kind of adverse weather possible. It was hot. It was cold. It was windy. And when the wind blows there, it’s literally sandblasting your vehicle,” he said.

13 days later the project wrapped successfully, with all batteries replaced throughout the eight sites.

According to Holling, “the best testament to the quality of our work was that it was put to the test right away, and passed with flying colors.”

The last scheduled battery readings prior to the replacement project had revealed two months of battery life remaining. Holling had correctly ID’d the problem and the time frame.

Shortly after finishing the remote sites and installing one new string into the main site, there was a complete power outage on the base for six hours, caused by the entire grid in the nearby city of Ridgecrest going down.

How did the system perform? Perfectly.

“Everyone was very happy, and the base’s security crew was particularly pleased,” says Holling.

“Normally, during an outage they lose communications, and no communications means no security, so they have to lock the gates.”

Not this time. Even though the new system was still not 100 percent installed, all telecom sites stayed operational throughout the outage.

Why Choose Alamon?

“We have the people, the knowledge and the tools,” says Holling.

“This project went well because we had a testing schedule that kept us up-to-date with the status of the batteries. We could anticipate the trouble before it happened. We got ahead of it.”

Holling says if he could give one piece of advice for others, it would be to maintain a regular testing & inspection program for your DC power sites.

“VRLA (Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid) batteries need to be inspected and operated every three months, minimum. A lot of people don’t know what good battery maintenance requirements are. We always share this information with customers so they get the best life from their DC power investment.”

When you’re deciding which contractor to talk to about your DC power needs, talk to the company that provided top tier service for one of the Navy’s most important weapons testing facilities.

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NAWS China Lake is the Navy’s largest single landholding, representing 85 percent of the Navy’s land for RDAT&E use and 38 percent of the Navy’s land holdings worldwide. In total, its two ranges and main site cover more than 1.1 million acres, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island (data courtesy https://cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil).

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Alamon Summer Meetings 2021

Alamon — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:03:55 +0000

Alamon Summer Meetings 2021

August 3-6, 2021 – Kalispell, MT

Alamon Chief Operating Officer Scott Lawrence addresses managers at the 2021 Summer Meetings.

Building the Future Now

Building the future now takes good planning and coordination. That’s why members of Alamon’s leadership team were in Kalispell, MT Aug 3rd – 6th for annual meetings. As always, it was a great opportunity for managers and supervisors from across the country to connect with peers and make plans for another great year for Alamon and our customers!

Alamon Management Teams

Finance & Accounting Team

Human Resources Team

Network Services Team

Outside Plant Services Team

Utility Services East Team

Utility Services West Team

Wireless Services Team

Alamon After Hours

Enjoying some quality time together after the meetings.

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The Power of DC

Alamon — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:34:44 +0000

Since power ranks as one of the largest costs for data centers, power efficiency is a big bottom-line issue for colocation providers, cloud providers and data center owners. At the same time, data center businesses are under increased pressure to lessen the environmental impact of their operations.

DC power to the rescue. DC consumes less physical space than AC, which means not only more floor space for server racks and requisite cooling hardware, DC system design is simpler, offers higher power quality, and the ability to more readily integrate on-site energy sources like energy storage devices.

Alamon provides a wide array of DC power solutions, and a long history of helping customers with DC plant upgrades, replacements and migrations.

Visit alamon.com/services/dc-power-services for more information.

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Battery Spill Containment Systems from Alamon

Alamon — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:11:31 +0000

Battery Spill Containment is one of the most important components of any DC Battery system. Properly installed and maintained, Spill Containment Systems protect people, equipment and facilities from potentially hazardous chemical spills.

Alamon’s DC Power Services helps our clients make sure all Spill Containment Systems are up to date to keep employees and facilities safe, while complying with all applicable Federal and state laws and regulations. To learn more on how Alamon can help with all your DC Power needs including Spill Containment Systems email [email protected].

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Come Visit Alamon at the 2019 Texas Communications Expo April 2nd-4th in Belton, TX

Alamon — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 03:30:39 +0000

If your company is at the Texas Communications Expo in Belton TX this week, April 2-4, please feel free to stop by the Alamon Booth and visit with Troy and Dan! We’d be happy to share with you how our over 44 years of communications experience could help your team with builds, maintenance and repair!

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Sweet Home Alabama

Alamon — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:06:00 +0000

Alamon and The Hooker Company are partnering on CAF-II projects for Frontier Communications in Alabama. Alamon is installing the first of many Calix ODC-100 outdoor cabinets, outfitted with Calix equipment and capable of serving 96 subscribers. These compact cabinets eliminate the need for AC power at the site by accommodating remote power equipment, an area in which Alamon is looking to grow. For quality installation on CAF-II projects call Alamon at 800-252-8838 or email [email protected].

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Alamon to the Rescue

Alamon — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:54:40 +0000

Alamon’s DC Power division recently came to the rescue for a new customer in Hope, Arkansas.

Voicewave was concerned about issues with a newly installed power plant, and its fears were realized when a power outage caused the loss of DC power and equipment downstream.

A skilled Alamon technician quickly flew to Arkansas, found the problems, ordered all the equipment needed, and deconstructed and rebuilt the entire power plant. This included adding disconnects to three strings of batteries, temperature compensation and co-lan connectivity.

When the Alamon employee left the site, the network was reliable and Voicewave felt comfortable about going live.

You can put your trust in Alamon to take care of your network troubleshooting needs.

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Moving on to the Next

Alamon — Fri, 12 May 2017 18:57:22 +0000

Alamon’s power division is wrapping up an environmental build for CenturyLink in Phoenix, adding seven Emerson battery distribution fuse bays (BDFBs) and 11 strings of batteries to a standby power plant. Our crews overcame obstacles posed by the project within strict daily time limits, as the high-security job required that workers be escorted onto the job site. Alamon technicians are now moving on to start upgrades on another CenturyLink contract for the Los Angeles market.

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DC Plant Transition Wrapping Up

Alamon — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:39:32 +0000

Alamon’s southwest region power crew has been working on a transition for CenturyLink national in the Tucson, Arizona, area. The job included upgrading a 7 BDU to a new, reliable product that will protect the integrity of the network.

We also transitioned the rectifier, distribution and alarm systems to a new Netsure 801.

This made room for additional battery strings the customer needs for capacity. Now the team will move on to provide our superior service to another Alamon customer.

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