Electrical Requirements & Power Pack Configuration
Should you go with an individual or centralized power pack? The answer affects redundancy, maintenance downtime, and your electrical layout.
Should I go with an individual or centralized power pack?
Every hydraulic stacker needs a power pack to generate lifting pressure. The question is: does each unit get its own dedicated power pack, or does one large unit distribute hydraulic pressure through shared lines to multiple stackers?
Base electrical specs per unit
From the APS 2PK6.0 product data sheet — these specs apply to each individual stacker unit.
When one thing breaks, what stops working?
A single hydraulic leak. Two architectures. The blast radius is the difference between a quick service call and a full garage shutdown.
Centralized
One pump. One shared line. One point of failure.
A leak anywhere in the shared line takes every connected unit offline. One pump failure = total outage. Maintenance on one unit = shutdown for all.
Individual
Five units. Five power packs. Zero shared failure points.
Each stacker has its own self-contained power pack. A failure stays local — the other units keep running. Maintenance is isolated. No cascading failures.
The trade-offs at a glance
The truth about
power requirements.
A common misconception is that individual power packs need more power. They don't. The real difference is how that same power gets distributed — and what happens when something fails.
slippery floors & damage
Individual power packs require more total electrical power.
Both systems draw the same total power from the grid. The difference is how it's routed — and what stays running when one piece fails.
It's not about more power. It's about distributing it efficiently.
Only enough lifts need to run at one time to serve the attendants on duty.
Design power distribution to match the number of attendants working — not the total number of lifts.
- → Route power smarter, not heavier
- → No oversized central pumps
- → Each unit operates on demand
Individual power packs deliver greater reliability, easier maintenance, cleaner installations, and lower long-term risk for your garage.
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