Minggu, 20 Juli 2014

Mitigate Safety Hazards With 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.

Since failure in circuits or systems and installations mostly are the reasons behind fire and other catastrophic hazards, nobody likes to compromise on the preventive maintenance cost of these systems. The infrared camera helps take images of all the defective connections and components in your system.

These detectors basically identify the hot spots or connections in the system. It should be noted that all electrical connections usually heat up before they burn up and fail. This is because of a high increase in resistance in that particular location.

If unattended, the components may fail and get damaged. In preventive maintenance, the images of the hot spots are detected and corresponding temperatures are measured using the infrared cameras. The reported temperature values are then analyzed by experienced thermographers who suggest maintenance.

Questions may arise about why only some of the connections get hot. The connections heat up only when the resistance increases, but there may be many reasons behind this increase. It may happen due to aging of the component, loose connection, poor installation, fatigue, oxidation, or wear.

The higher the temperature, the more chance there is of failure in that heated spot. Experienced thermographers record the hot spot temperature at all locations and analyze their health conditions. They also recommend required repairs or replacement plans for critical connections.

The inspection or survey can also detect open circuits, overloads, defects, inductive heating, and unbalanced loads. The survey has another major advantage over other preventive maintenance processes. The plant doesn't need to be shut down during the infrared survey, so it detects the defects only while the component is active.

The electromagnetic radiation survey detects any loose connections, open circuits, overloads, defective equipment, unbalanced load, harmonics, and open circuits. If the weaker connections in these areas are repaired in time, it saves both money and production loss due to unpredicted or unscheduled shutdown.

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 electrical system in any organization includes the transformers, sub-feed panels, distribution panels, bus ducts, motor control centers, variable frequency drivers, etc. All these components can be scanned properly using the infrared electrical scanners. The resulting scanning report helps improve the health of the entire system.




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