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samedi 19 juillet 2014

Cot-Effective Maintenance Survey Using Electrical Infrared Los Angeles

By Coleen Torres


Preventive maintenance of electric terminals in your apartment, building, or factory cannot be overlooked. Expert professionals of electrical infrared Los Angeles can be found online or in local directories. Infrared technology is the recommended diagnostic method to detect weak spots in the circuit and switchgear of your building.

The infrared images of the weak spots in the circuits are accurately detected in this survey. Sometimes, the conductor or chord gets worn out, power strips get overloaded, or an electrical appliance starts malfunctioning. Once a hazard goes out of control, it may lead to loss of life, production, and property.

For conduction of current through a wire, all one needs is to apply voltage at the terminals. If the amount of current flow is same but resistance in the conductor increases, it dissipates more power which converts to heat energy. The conductor then heats up and cause failure.

It is well known that current flows through a conductor upon application of voltage across the terminals. In case the resistance of the conductor at any location increases, the current dissipates more power through the same conductor. The excess power is manifested through thermal energy and therefore the temperature increases.

A lot of factors are responsible for this increase in resistance. A few of them include wear, loose connection, oxidation, age of the component, fatigue, or poor installation. The infrared camera can capture the high temperature image of all the hot spots as well as the actual temperature.

If you are able to find these hot spots at the initial stage, you repair them before they fail and cause damages. If you don't, it may lead to catastrophic failure and you may end up losing life, property, and production. In order to prevent these unpredicted failures, annual electrical surveys are recommended.

Early detection of the faulty systems surely lowers risks and prevents catastrophic failures. When all these benefits of preventive maintenance in electrical systems are combined and utilized, the ultimate gain will be rising profits for the industry. This is the reason why most insurance companies ask for an infrared inspection of all electric units.

Generally, preventive maintenance is carried out during the planned shutdown of operating units, which causes production loss. With infrared survey, no downtime is required. It can be executed while the unit is still under operation and functioning well.

Efficiency of the factory also improves due to less costly maintenance, prevention of damage, reduced production loss, and mitigating risk factors. Not only do the manufacturers realize the importance of the infrared survey; the building owners, property managers, and facility directors also feel the necessity of the survey. It reduces the risk of catastrophe and improves the safety of lives and property.

The entire system including the distribution panels, switchgear, transformers, sub-feed panels, bus ducts, variable frequency drives, motor control centers, etc. Can be inspected during the survey. To get the maximum benefits of this survey, it is recommended to be carried out annually. It is the most cost-effective predictive maintenance system one can think of, but well worth the price.




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