Each week a link to the weekly Electric Motor Testing Tip
of the Week is posted to this page. Check back weekly for the
latest tip to help you with your motor testing.
| 2008
(2007 Tips) |
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DC Motors: Epic
Fail? (PDF - 76 KB) |
May 5, 2008 |
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Eccentricity Tests with VFD's or
RVSS's (PDF - 75KB) |
April 28, 2008 |
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Rotor Tests With Reduced Voltage Soft
Starts (RVSS) (PDF - 70 KB) |
April 21, 2008 |
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Rotor Tests for Variable Frequency
Drives (PDF - 70 KB) |
April 14, 2008 |
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In-Rush/Start-Up Test With Variable
Frequency Drives (VFDs) or Reduced Voltage Soft Starts (RVSS) (PDF -
76 KB) |
April 7, 2008 |
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Carbon Buildup
on Wound Rotor Motors (PDF - 69 KB) |
March 31, 2008 |
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Inductance vs. Resistance (PDF -
69KB) |
March 24, 2008 |
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My Bearings Ate Themselves, Part Two
(PDF - 79 KB) |
March 17, 2008 |
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Emax
Testing on Multiple Conductor Motors Part Two (PDF - 70 KB) |
March 10, 2008 |
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Trending Mitigating Output Devices
(PDF - 70 KB) |
March 3, 2008 |
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Trending Inverter Input Rectifier and
Output IGBT Devices (PDF - 71 KB) |
February 25, 2008 |
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Resistance vs. Inductance (PDF -
70KB) |
February 18, 2008 |
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Emax
Testing on Multiple Conductor Motors (PDF - 69KB) |
February 11, 2008 |
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Motor Testing With Semi-conductor Type
Motor Controllers (PDF - 72 KB) |
February 4, 2008 |
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Using the In-Rush/Start-Up Test for
Special Start Applications (PDF - 71 KB) |
January 28, 2008 |
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Corona Part 3: Rise of the Machines
(PDF - 71 KB) |
January 21, 2008 |
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My Bearing Ate Itself (PDF - 73
KB) |
January 14, 2008 |
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Installation of MTAP2 CT's
(PDF - 76 KB) |
January 7, 2008 |
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Importance of Properly Seating
Brushes on DC Motors (PDF - 74 KB) |
January 2, 2008 |
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| 2007
(2008 Tips) (Return
to top) |
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Emax
Troubleshooting (PDF - 69K) |
December 24, 2007 |
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Resistive Imbalance in Multiple Lead
Motors (PDF - 70 KB) |
December 17, 2007 |
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All About Corona, Part Deux (PDF
- 73 KB) |
December 10, 2007 |
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MCE Acceptance Testing (PDF - 69
KB) |
December 3, 2007 |
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Testing AC Variable Frequency Drives
(PDF - 71 KB) |
November 26, 2007 |
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Using Demod to Determine a Loose
Motor Foundation (PDF - 71 KB) |
November 19, 2007 |
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Backing Up MCEGold Calibration Files
(PDF - 70KB) |
November 12, 2007 |
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Corona: What Is It, and How Does It
Affect You? (PDF - 73 KB) |
November 5, 2007 |
| How to
Extend Battery Life (PDF - 71 KB) |
October 29, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 7 (PDF- 82 KB) |
October 22, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 6 (PDF- 81 KB) |
October 15, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 5 (PDF- 81 KB) |
October 8, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 4 (PDF- 81 KB) |
October 1, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 3 (PDF- 83 KB) |
September 24, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 2 (PDF- 81 KB) |
September 17, 2007 |
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Basic Electrical Troubleshooting -
Step 1 (PDF- 94 KB) |
September 10, 2007 |
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The Seven-step Process for Basic
Electrical Troubleshooting (PDF - 70.5KB) |
September 4, 2007 |
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What Causes Inductive Imbalance in
Wound Rotor Motors? (PDF - 74 KB) |
August 20, 2007 |
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Current Probe Range Selection
(PDF - 70 KB) |
August 13, 2007 |
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Establishing Warning Settings for
Resistance Imbalance (PDF - 70 KB) |
August 6, 2007 |
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Effects of Unbalanced Voltage on
Motor Life (PDF - 72 KB) |
July 30, 2007 |
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Correlating Armature Current Trends
and Insulation Resistance-to-Ground (PDF- 68 KB) |
July 23, 2007 |
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Optimize Your Access™ Database
Performance (PDF - 70 KB) |
July 16, 2007 |
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Six Methods of Rotor Evaluation
Using MCEmax -
PART SIX
(PDF - 72 KB) |
July 9, 2007 |
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Six Methods of Rotor Evaluation
Using MCEmax -
PART FIVE
(PDF - 72 KB) |
July 2, 2007 |
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Six Methods of Rotor Evaluation
Using MCEmax -
PART FOUR
(PDF - 72 KB) |
June 25, 2007 |
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Six Methods of Rotor Evaluation
Using MCEmax -
PART THREE
(PDF - 74 KB) |
June 18, 2007 |
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Six Methods of Rotor
Evaluation Using MCEmax
- PART TWO
(PDF - 71 KB) |
June 11, 2007 |
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Six Methods of Rotor
Evaluation Using MCEmax
- PART ONE
(PDF - 73 KB) |
June 4, 2007 |
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Using %Load Deviation to Trend Rotor
Defects (PDF - 88KB) |
May 21, 2007 |
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Saving Time Using the DC Spanned Bar
Test Method (PDF - 71KB) |
May 7, 2007 |
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Testing Dry-type Transformers
(PDF - 70KB) |
April 28, 2007 |
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Using the MCEmax
to Correct Rod Mill Clutch Engagement (PDF - 73KB |
April 23, 2007 |
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Using Current and Impedance
Imbalance to Identify Stator Anomalies (PDF - 69KB) |
April 16, 2007 |
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Non-Symmetric Thermal Expansion of
Rotors (PDF - 71KB) |
March 12, 2007 |
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Harmonics and Motor Temperatures
(PDF - 89KB) |
March 5, 2007 |
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Using Advanced Search for Reporting
and Scheduling (PDF - 71KB) |
February 26, 2007 |
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Using the In-Rush/Start-Up for
Process Analysis (PDF - 71KB) |
February 19, 2007 |
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Dynamic Testing of Medium/High
Voltage Motors (PDF - 70KB) |
February 12, 2007 |
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Dynamic DC Motor Analysis - Brush
Arcing & Sparking (PDF - 71KB) |
February 5, 2007 |
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Dynamic DC Motor Analysis (PDF -
71KB) |
January 29, 2007 |
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Isolating the Cause of a VFD Trip
(PDF - 84KB) |
January 22, 2007 |
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Establishing Band Alarms for Belt
Frequency Peaks (PDF - 76KB) |
January 15, 2007 |
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Rotor Defects in Large 2-pole AC
Induction Motors (PDF - 85KB) |
January 8, 2007 |
