If You had a Choice.....

Would you rather inspect each month with a heat sensitive camera the temperature of your switch gear cabinets, or would you rather like to be alarmed when your switch gear temperature increases at any moment of the day? 

I listened into a conversation that took place a few weeks ago. We know switch gear deal with harsh power distribution situations what ages the contacts over time and has resistant bridges build up resulting in increased heat dissipation on the switch gear what can result in a burn out of the cabinet. The facts are shocking.

• The majority of critical assets in the field today are 25 years old.
• <5% of installed critical assets have continuous monitoring integrated.
• Temperature is the leading indicator of critical asset failure.
• Critical asset failure is one of the leading causes of power outages.
• The average cost of critical asset failure is greater than €500K per event.
• The ROI for implementing continuous switchgear monitoring is <12 months.
• Critical asset failure often involves injury to humans.

Critical Assets include switchgear, transformers, RMU’s, LV Distribution Panels, Bus Ducts (poly-phase & uni-phase), Motor Controllers, etc.

-- In other words the "facts are shocking, but the solution is so easy to implement". I learned a great deal during this conversation and even though this isn’t near to my daily business, I have gained a broader perspective of what keeps folks that need to run a plant awake at night.

Check this out… www.IntelliSAW.com or contact me and I will connect you with those in the know.