I wanted to pass along to you information from reports written about aging electrical equipment. I hope you find it has value.
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I wanted to pass along to you information from reports written about aging electrical equipment. I hope you find it has value.
The Residential Electrical System Aging Research Project is a Fire Protection Research Foundation study published by UL. It is limited to aging electrical equipment in dwelling units and shows, in general, that the electrical system ages well. There were issues with the tripping of breakers that had been exposed to wet or damp locations where the trip mechanism had corroded to the point that the breaker did not trip. In some cases repeated manual operation restored the function. Click here or on the image to read the report.
The State of North Carolina has published a document on the Hidden Risks of Aging Electrical Systems. Page 7 of that report has a table from the IEEE Gold Book, (Recommended Practice for the Design of Reliable Industrial and Commercial Power Systems) that shows the typical electrical equipment life expectancies. Click here to read or download that PDF.
Consulting-Specifying Engineering magazine has a slightly different table as to the equipment life expectancy. Click here to access that online report.
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