Switchgear Preventative Maintenance
A fault condition is not the right time to find out if your circuit breakers are operating properly
Electrical failures can create hidden costs in the form of lost production, downtime, damaged equipment, and hazardous situations that can total thousands or millions of dollars.
Reducing the probability of these hidden costs occurring requires maintaining the reliability of the power distribution system. As more and more savings are required to be found, testing and maintenance becomes an easy target for budget cuts. The short-term benefits of such cuts go directly to today’s bottom line but the long term effect can severely impact tomorrow’s bottom line.
The deterioration of electrical equipment is expected. And this process begins as soon as the equipment is installed. If this deterioration is not checked and controlled it can cause electrical faults, failures, malfunctions and shutdowns.
An electrical preventative maintenance and testing program lets you discover, and correct, existing and potential hazards that can cause equipment failure and interruption of electrical services.
An electrical preventative maintenance and testing program should consist of routine inspections, testing, and service of power system apparatus such as transformers, cables, circuit breakers and switchgear assemblies; along with associated equipment like control wiring, protective devices and relays, and indicating and metering instruments.
Although it is impossible to prevent 100% of electrical failures, the use of preventative maintenance and testing can go a long way towards reducing the likelihood of incurring the hidden costs of an outage.
Switchgear Services Provided
12kV, 480 Volt and Above
Circuit Breaker Testing
Ground Fault Relay Testing
Protective Relay Testing
Transformer Testing
Motor Control Center Maintenance
Ground Testing
"The investment in Preventative Maintenance is small compared to the cost of lost production and equipment repairs" NFPA 70B