October 2004

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Fuel Cell Power to the Rescue: a ReliOn fuel cell backup power system kept functioning flawlessly at a telecommunications site that was right in the central path of Hurricane Frances last month. The Independence 1000 fuel cell, housed inside its outdoor enclosure, kept right on powering the site for 24 hours, as designed, when primary power was knocked out by the hurricane, the Spokane, WA-based company said. This was the second time a system of this type did that: last year, another Independence 1000 provided backup power to a microwave radio site in Maryland during Hurricane Isabel. Contact :ReliOn (media) Sandra Saathoff, 509/228-6553; e-mail ssaathoff@relion-inc.com.