Poor power quality can cause process disruption and equipment failure, which can have a significant cost impact on your business. Power quality issues can go unnoticed due to failures being attributed to the incorrect cause when in fact they are a result of power quality issues in the form of harmonics, voltage sags/swells, flicker and … Read more
The CableSniffer2™ was originally introduced at the 18th International Conference on Electricity Distribution in 2005 hosted by CIRED. CIRED are the leading forum where the Electricity Distribution Community meets. More recently, the CableSniffer2™ was awarded an 2014 IET Innovation Award held in London on Wednesday 19th November. Back in 2004, Colin said “it typically costs £600 to £1000 ($1088-$1813) to dig … Read more
As part of regular team meetings, Health & Safety matters are always top of the agenda. Those of us that regularly travel and visit customers’ electrical substations are only too aware of the potential risks. We have plenty of procedures and documents that help us manage these environments, but when it comes to it, the … Read more
To most manufacturers the management of the supply chain is the ‘just in time’ stock control system of the components required to produce their end product. Effective energy management, whether electricity or gas, is often assessed by the facilities management department on a simple cost to supply basis. Therefore isn’t it time for you to … Read more
Taking tactical asset management to another level using technological advancements in handheld partial discharge detectors. In 1983, Dr John Reeves was first able to detect and measure the tiny electrical pulses created on the outside of high voltage switchgear when its insulation starts to fail. He called them Transient Earth Voltages or TEVs and went … Read more
We all make decisions everyday, some are very simple and subconscious, others are more serious and can have profound effects. In all cases we use inputs such as data, information, experience and “gut feel” to inform these decisions and give us a degree of confidence about their outcomes. EA Technology works in the world of … Read more
How many engineers does it take to change a fuse??? None with ALVIN™ Aging UK Electrical Distribution network assets – replace, restore or re-adapt? With such a vast and complex network, replacing old for new, on a large scale, has never been a viable option. Due to the single function nature of a lot of the … Read more