Power System Questionaire

Are You Experiencing Any of These Problems?
Here are some problems that many facilities face. Take a moment to see if any apply to your facility. If you would like more information about possible causes and solutions of any of these problems, click on the link. If you want Power Systems Engineering to contact you free of charge about any of these issues, check the appropriate box(es) and fill in your contact information in the form below. Please note that the information you provide below will not be sold or released to anyone outside of Power Systems Engineering. We believe in your privacy.
	Have circuit breakers and relays in your facility experienced so-called "Mystery Trips"?
	Have circuit breakers and fuses in your facility ruptured or blown up instead of interrupting?
	When an automatic transfer switch operates, does it sometimes trip out the circuit breaker feeding it?
	Does your utility bill contain a sizeable power factor penalty charge or kVA demand charge?
	Does your facility experience low voltage during peak load periods?
	Does your emergency or co-generation generator experience poor regulation?
	Is your telephone system noisy or is there interference with the power line carrier systems?
	Has more than one breaker opened due to a short circuit?
	Has your facility main breaker tripped due to a ground fault instead of the downstream 20 ampere circuit breaker?
	Do you have capacitors that fail and capacitor fuses that blow?
	Do you have 15kV cable shields that burn up and fail?
	Have you ever had a catastrophic equipment failure?
	Has your electrical system undergone multiple plant expansions since the original installation?
	Do you have overheated or noisy transformers even though they are not carrying full load?
	Do you have motors that overheat at no load or below rated load?
	Does your electronic equipment frequently mis-operate?
	Do you have motors fed by VSDs that trip off line or fail more often than usual?
	Do you have motors fed by VSDs that have bearing failures more often than usual?
	Do you have computers and other electronic equipment fail or mis-operate more often than usual?
	Do you have boiler controls that frequently mis-operate or fail?
	Do you have frequent service calls on electrical equipment and are you told "No problem found" or "It's due to dirty power"?
	Has the utility recently increased the size of your main service transformer?
	Did you have a lighting retrofit done at your facility and are now experiencing (a) Mis-operation or high failure rate of sensitive electronic equipment and/or (b) High failure rate of electronic ballast and lamps?
	Do you have overheated or discolored neutral conductors feeding electronic equipment?
	Do you have main breakers that trip off line or lose utility power when elevator or UPS tests are conducted late at night or during periods of light load?
	Does your electronic equipment experience operational problems when only fed by an emergency generator?
	Do your generators or co-gen facility become uncontrollable and unstable when internal or utility faults occur?
	Do you have motors that trip off line unexpectedly?
	Do your switchgear or switchboard meters display incorrect readings?
	Do you experience blinking of incandescent lights (flicker)?
	Do you have problems with corroded pipes or conduits? Do you experience pin hole leaks in boilers or sterilizers?
	Do your computer monitors have flicker or wavy screens?

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