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CONTENTS
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Maintaining for Energy
Savings, Part 10
Proper Cable Testing
Electrical Troubleshooting
Quiz
Bottleneck Motor Repairs, Part
6
NEC in the Facility
Safety
Enroll In EC&M University's
Online Arc Flash Courses
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Maintenance
Maintaining
for
Energy Savings, Part 10
Cable testing allows you to determine the degree and
severity of deterioration in cable insulation. From the data, you can
infer the amount of current leakage and thus energy loss. You can
repair
or replace the cables to save energy. However, it is unlikely
operations
people will agree to shut down just to lower the electric bill. So,
what’s the point?
To read more on this story, visit EC&M's Web
site.
Proper Cable
Testing
Cable testing usually is part of construction
acceptance
testing. Cable acceptance tests give you the "as-built" cable data.
Unfortunately, few owners have the important "as-startup-tested" cable
test data. Configuration changes, inadvertent physical damage, and
misoperation during startup testing can stress power cables, making
cable condition worse than "as-built" tests indicate.
To read more on this story, visit EC&M's Web
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Repair
Electrical
Troubleshooting Quiz
An operations department manager complained about an
increase in her overhead allocation for electricity. She correctly
pointed out that there have been no configuration changes since the
last
allocation assessment three years ago, and production output is the
same. She asks you how the department can be using more electricity
when
nothing different is being done.
Your research reveals that her department’s usage has increased
12%. For other departments, usage has changed between -2% to +5%. Power
monitor logs good power factor. How can you answer her question?
Visit EC&M's Web
site to see the answer.
Bottleneck Motor
Repairs, Part 6
It seems obvious that troubleshooting guides and repair
procedures can shorten the downtime of critical equipment (including
bottleneck motors). Maintenance departments typically produce such
guides and procedures for this reason. Two other reasons include:
- ISO9001/9002/9003 certification. This is about standardization, not
reducing downtime.
- Reducing the required skill level. This usually produces unintended
negative consequences.
This last reason relies on assumptions that are rarely true in real
world conditions.
To read more on this story, visit EC&M's Web
site.
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Operation
NEC in the
Facility
You may be able to save money in Class I, Class II, and
Class III locations by using intrinsically safe apparatus.
To read more on this story, visit EC&M's Web
site.
Safety
Security is a "front-of-mind" concern today, and it’s
an integral part of your safety responsibilities.
Visit EC&M's Web
site for a review of some basic concepts.
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