When the power goes
In Cameroon, electricity is the number one constraint on any technical site.
A camera, a server, a cash machine or a phone system is worth nothing if it shuts down three times a day.
That is why we are in the power business: because it underpins everything else we do.
Have my installation sized
Backup power
Generators
A badly sized generator is a double problem: too small, it trips at the worst moment; too large, it burns fuel for nothing and fouls up. We measure your actual load before proposing a rating.
- Supply and installation, open or sound-attenuated
- Automatic transfer: the set starts on its own when the grid fails and stops when it returns
- Civil works, fuel tank, exhaust and ventilation
- Maintenance contract: scheduled servicing, filters, oil, batteries and load testing
- Recommissioning of an existing generator that has been left idle
Servicing matters more than the brand. An unmaintained generator will not start on the day you need it — and that is always the day you find out.
The seconds that count
UPS systems and standby batteries
A generator takes ten to thirty seconds to pick up the load. During those seconds, your server shuts down hard. The UPS fills that gap and protects your equipment from outages and voltage swings.
- UPS units for workstations, for IT racks and for complete server rooms
- Runtime sizing: how many minutes you actually need, and for which equipment
- Battery banks, with ageing monitored
- End-of-life battery replacement — they last three to five years, and many businesses only address it after the failure
- Maintenance contract including an annual discharge test
When fuel weighs heavy
Solar power
Solar becomes worthwhile as soon as generator fuel weighs heavily on your costs, or when a site has no grid connection. We handle professional installations: corporate premises, telecom sites, schools, health centres and farms.
- Production study based on your site's actual sunlight and your consumption curve
- Hybrid installations: solar by day, grid or generator as backup, without interruption
- Battery storage sized for the night and for overcast days
- Solar pumping and standalone outdoor lighting
- Remote production monitoring, to verify the system delivers what was promised
Every rainy season
Lightning protection
Cameroon is one of the most lightning-struck regions on earth. Every rainy season destroys servers, phone systems, cameras and circuit boards — and insurance does not always cover it.
There are two protections, and you need both.
- 1
- The lightning rodIt protects the building from a direct strike.
- 2
- The surge protectorIt protects equipment from the surge that runs through the cables after a strike, even a distant one.
- Lightning risk assessment: the nature of the building, its surroundings and what it houses
- Lightning rods, down conductors and compliant earthing
- Surge arresters on the mains supply, on telephone lines and on network links
- Earthing: the invisible part, and the one most often done badly
- Periodic inspection and bringing an existing installation back into compliance
Very few companies in Cameroon take this seriously. Yet it is the cheapest investment there is relative to what it protects.
Commercial and industrial
Electrical installation
Distribution boards, power distribution, lighting, compliance work and upgrades, for commercial buildings and industrial sites alike. We work on new builds as readily as on old installations needing overhaul.