Hello Datawave, My Old Friend (and Goodbye)
My first introduction to the Liebert Datawave came back in the late 80s – an over-ambitious power conditioner salesman had pushed four of these behemoths, 100 KVA each, to feed two biplane Cath Labs. The X-Ray generator technology at the time (pre-power converter) was a linear power supply that was calibrated based on a steady, predictable voltage drop, and the Datawave output characteristics (attempting to regulate) were anything but stable. I suggested they switch the Datawave devices to bypass, the imaging system started to operate properly – and the facility and the power conditioning sales person were left with the problem of what to do with four used power conditioners.