ReliaSquatch

Episode 54 of Chaos and Caffeine takes on the long-standing bias surrounding electrical and current signature analysis in condition-based maintenance. ReliaSquatch and Silas Barnaby discuss why ESA and MCSA are still too often viewed primarily as broken rotor bar tools, despite their ability to identify electrical, mechanical and process-related conditions throughout an entire machine system. The episode also examines the importance of combining technologies rather than defending technical turf, connecting equipment condition to energy losses and production capacity, and avoiding monitoring systems that create more cost than value. The discussion closes with practical cybersecurity considerations involving facility moves, missing devices, abandoned servers, cloud storage and wireless IoT systems, because apparently moving offices was not chaotic enough without adding possible data breaches.

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President of MotorDoc LLC, a Veteran Owned Small Business, Chair CIGRE-USNC A1 Study Committee – Power Generation, Chair CIGRE A1.78 “Guide for the Application of Electrical and Current Signature Analysis of Electric Motors, Generators and Powertrain,” IEEE standards including chair IEEE P1415, “Guide for Maintenance Testing and Failure Analysis of Induction Machines Rated 15 kV and Below,” Chair American Clean Power standards on DGA of wind, solar and battery transformers.

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