Gaston Blog Series / 2019 Electrical Systems Preventative Checklist
Greetings from the Gaston Electrical Service Division. As 2018 comes to a close, many property owners and managers are gearing up for 2019 projects and improvement programs – including preventative maintenance for building systems. While we stand ready to provide all electrical and technology infrastructure solutions (along with 24-hour emergency service), we prefer to work with our customers in identifying potential issues before an emergency arises.
Preventative Maintenance of critical building equipment can help identify and rectify issues before they escalate into major problems for property management and tenants. These actions will ensure that electrical systems are performing at optimal levels – significantly reducing costly downtime. To help with your proactive planning, we have compiled a helpful checklist of considerations for improved electrical building maintenance.
Infrared Scanning
- Annual Infrared scanning of energized electrical systems
- Switchgear, busway, panelboards, disconnect switches, generator equipment, and UPS systems should all be scanned
Switchgear, Transformers, Panelboards, and UPS systems
- A cleaning and visual inspection of all components
- Transformer testing – including oil sampling for primary transformers
- Breaker testing
- 100% UPS load and battery testing and maintenance
Bus Duct Testing
- Visual inspections
- Infrared scanning
- Torquing of all bus duct connections
- Megger testing of all bussing
- Contact resistance testing
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Life Safety
- Verify functionality of all emergency lighting systems
- Manually test all batteries
- Visually test all emergency lighting
- Fire alarm testing per NFPA-72
- Visual inspections of fire alarm
- Waterflow, tamper, battery tests
- Complete fire alarm systems testing
Generator Testing:
- Testing per NFPA 110
- 30-minute testing including ATS testing
- Load bank testing
- Fuel sampling and testing by ISO-certified laboratory
- Scheduled maintenance by factory-authorized representative
- Infrared scanning of all connections (annually)
- Modernization and retrofitting (as necessary)
Power quality metering
- Identify loads on switchgear, panelboards, emergency systems, etc.
- Monitoring and logging system performance
- Identifying specific problems within the electrical system
Click here to email John Buckley / Gaston Electrical Service Division Manager or call 781.255.8881