You recently installed some variable frequency drives at the pump station to save energy by better matching your motor’s load profile to its application. You also decided to use these VFDs as power monitors, enabling you to record several new...
Read moreTroubleshooting series: Sags, swells, & voltage deviations
You’re sitting in a meeting, looking back and forth between your notebook and the current speaker. Wait a minute — did the lights just flicker? You look at the lights intently. A few seconds later, they do it again — definitely a flicker. Then...
Read moreTroubleshooting series: High ambient temperature
It’s the first week of August, and the middle of a heat wave. You — and your equipment — are feeling the heat. Then, at 2:55 pm your phone dings with a new notification: “Motors@Work detects Lift Station #24 Pump 1 at 103°F, nearing max ambient...
Read moreTroubleshooting series: High operating temperature
It’s 2:01 pm and there’s four hours left until the last batch of product will be ready to ship. You — and your equipment — have been running at 120% of capacity to make this shipment. Then, at 2:55 pm your phone dings with a new notification...
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