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Get Through the Holidays Safely December 22, 2008
Standards Associated With Electric Motor Testing, Part 2 December 15, 2008
Standards Associated Wtih Electric Motor Testing December 8, 2008
Power Testing Medium/High Voltage Motors December 1, 2008
Synchronous Field Inductance November 24, 2008
Temperature Effect on Synchronous Field Resistance November 17, 2008
Concentric Wound Motors and Eccentricity November 10, 2008
Cradle-to-Grave Management November 3, 2008
Power Factor Correction Capacitor Influence on Current October 27, 2008
Nameplate Information October 20, 2008
Carbon Brush Performance October 13, 2008
Possible Interference Issues October 6, 2008
Getting GOOD Commutation in Your DC Motors September 29, 2008
In-Rush/Start-Up Test September 22, 2008
MCEGold™ EMAX Test Results Without Voltage September 15, 2008
Resistive Imbalance September 8, 2008
Verifying Common-Phase 2 Switch Position September 1, 2008
Protect Your Equipment...and Yourself August 25, 2008
Verify Your Current Readings August 18, 2008
Battery Care August 11, 2008
Testing Synchronous Motor Rotors August 4, 2008
Low Resistance-to-Ground Readings in Wound Rotor Motors July 28, 2008
Computer Viruses Are Bad July 21, 2008
Printing Data Using MCEGold July 14, 2008
MCEGold Message Center July 7, 2008
Eccentricity Tests with VFD's or RVSS's (corrected) June 30, 2008
Rotor Testing of a Wound Rotor or Synchronous Motor June 23, 2008
Rotor Testing with VFD June 16, 2008
Power Analysis Testing - Part Four June 9, 2008
Power Analysis Testing - Part Three June 2, 2008
Power Analysis Testing - Part Two May 26, 2008
Power Analysis Testing - Part One May 19, 2008
DC Motors: Epic Fail? May 5, 2008
Eccentricity Tests with VFD's or RVSS's April 28, 2008
Rotor Tests With Reduced Voltage Soft Starts (RVSS) April 21, 2008
Rotor Tests for Variable Frequency Drives April 14, 2008
In-Rush/Start-Up Test With Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) or Reduced Voltage Soft Starts (RVSS) April 7, 2008
Carbon Buildup on Wound Rotor Motors March 31, 2008
Inductance vs. Resistance March 24, 2008
My Bearings Ate Themselves, Part Two March 17, 2008
Emax Testing on Multiple Conductor Motors Part Two March 10, 2008
Trending Mitigating Output Devices March 3, 2008
Trending Inverter Input Rectifier and Output IGBT Devices February 25, 2008
Resistance vs. Inductance February 18, 2008
Emax Testing on Multiple Conductor Motors February 11, 2008
Motor Testing With Semi-conductor Type Motor Controllers February 4, 2008
Using the In-Rush/Start-Up Test for Special Start Applications January 28, 2008
Corona Part 3: Rise of the Machines January 21, 2008
My Bearing Ate Itself January 14, 2008
Installation of MTAP2 CT's January 7, 2008
Importance of Properly Seating Brushes on DC Motors January 2, 2008


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