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Reasons to Replace Transformers:
I need to reduce monthly energy bill, and buffer against increasing energy rates in the future
Efficiencies improvements can produce a reasonable ROI based on load, duty cycle and energy rate. Powersmiths transformers achieve as much as 74% less losses than conventional transformers.
Some of my transformers are noisy and/or hot.
Transformer noise & excessive heating can be due to overloading, a significant amount of electronic equipment connected, loose internal connections, a sign of end of life. Powersmiths designers understand the harsh impact electronic equipment has on transformer heat and noise. Powersmiths transformers are designed to excel whether the load is light or harsh.
My transformers are “old” and at end of life, and I am concerned about a failure.
NEMA says 20 years is the average life expectancy of a transformer. As the insulation ages in a transformer, the chance of sudden failure increases. While many transformers last longer than 20 years, their operating reliability has dropped significantly. Furthermore, today’s loads are mostly electronic in nature. This equipment draws short pulses of power instead of the continuous draw the older transformer is designed to feed. This stressful profile accelerates aging and significantly increases operating losses – potentially doubling losses. Powersmiths transformers are fully compatible with electronic equipment and run much more efficiently than the older transformers they replace.
Changing load profile - Most of what is connected today is electronic equipment. I need to ensure it has the quality of power it needs to operate reliably.
Older transformers are designed to feed continuous loads. They cannot maintain a sinewave when feeding a significant amount of electronic equipment. The pulsed power consumption of electronic equipment causes the transformer to distort the voltage waveform reducing the reliability of connected equipment. Powersmiths transformers are designed with pulsed loads in mind, maintaining compatibility while reducing voltage distortion and associated losses.
I am upgrading my facility and am concerned about feeding new equipment from an old electrical system.
NEMA says 20 years is the average life expectancy of a transformer. As the insulation ages in a transformer, the chance of sudden failure increases. While many transformers last longer than 20 years, their operating reliability has dropped significantly. Furthermore, today’s loads are mostly electronic in nature. This equipment draws short pulses of power instead of the continuous draw the older transformer is designed to feed. This stressful profile accelerates aging and significantly increases operating losses – potentially more than double. Powersmiths transformers are fully compatible with electronic equipment, running much more efficiently than the older transformers they replace.
I am pursuing LEED EB (Existing Building) Certification.
Powersmiths contributes to LEED in several categories:
- Energy & Atmosphere
- Prerequisite 1: Basic building commissioning
- Credit 1: Optimized Energy Performance
- Credit 3: Additional commissioning
- Credit 5: Measurement and Verification
- Innovation in Design
I would like to reduce our building’s environmental footprint.
- Powersmiths transformers reduce energy use, which benefits the environment through reduced greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, and resource (coal, uranium, etc) extraction associated with power generation. Note that transformers are running when the most polluting generation sources are operating.
- Manufacturing, packaging and shipment can have significant negative environmental impacts, Powersmiths is the only transformer manufacturer in North America to have achieved the prestigious ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system. Some of our environmental initiatives include the reduction of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) in transformer insulation, the implementation of a Powersmiths designed Easy-Skid a shipping method that reduces use of wood, increases shipping density, and uses biodegradable wrap.
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