Electrical Preventive Maintenance For Dallas Homeowners
Electrical preventative maintenance isn’t just an important way to avoid preventable electrical repairs and maintain your system. It’s also a great way to save money! Using electricity produces heat. Over time, that heat causes expanding and contracting of an electrical system.
This video shows Electrical Preventive Maintenance.
Electrical Preventive Maintenance Will Keep You Safe and Warm
Ten Reasons to Perform Electrical Preventive Maintenance
Avoid electrical shorts that cause fires: Electrical short circuits can occur when wires are overloaded with current, wires are exposed and load imbalances. This can cause excessive heat buildup, arcing or explosions.
Identify loose connections: Loose connections can cause power fluctuations to devices, devices to operate erratically and uneven load distribution between wires.
Identify components running hot or not according to specifications: Transformers, motors, bearings and wires almost always run hot before they fail. Predictive maintenance technologies such as infrared thermography, vibration analysis, and laser alignment tools as well as general maintenance such as regularly scheduled lubrication can avoid asset failure.
Identify unusual smells, noises, dust build up, or discoloration: Melting insulation, stressed motors, corrosion through the dust and so on make a physical inspection a requirement for electrical components. Electrical troubleshooting should be performed using a systematic approach.
Check all emergency lighting, signage and power indicator displays: Many electrical disasters occur when the safety monitoring equipment itself is faulty leading to a false belief that all is ok.
Extend the useful lifecycle of assets: Poorly maintained assets require more energy to do the same amount of work. This leads to excessive wear and tear and a shortening of the assets useful lifecycle.
Avoid unplanned downtime: Unplanned downtime can shut down production, result in emergency labor costs and unnecessary capital asset replacement. Without proper electrical training, all of these significantly impact the profitability of the organization.
Less equipment loss: Consistent electrical preventive maintenance will reduce the amount of equipment that needs to be replaced early as a result of electrical problems.
Energy savings: Optimal energy efficiency will occur when equipment is functioning within design parameters and is well maintained.
Safety and Liability: The most important reason of all is safety. Avoiding serious injuries or death is worth every penny spent on prevention. Liability lawyers have a field day when facilities have a poor maintenance record.
The Purpose Of Electrical Preventive Maintenance
The purpose of this standard is to provide the insured with recommended practices and frequencies that would form the core of a regularly scheduled electrical preventive maintenance program. All work associated with electric power systems and equipment should be performed in accordance with accepted industry safety standards and work practices. Call (214) 238-8353 us for your home service and repair needs.
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