Distinguish Between Routine and Break-down Maintenance of Electrical Equipments

Distinguish Between Routine and Break-down Maintenance of Electrical Equipment’s Q. Distinguish between routine and break-down maintenance of electrical equipments. Sr. No. Routine Maintenance Break Down Maintenance 1 As the name suggest, it is the maintenance as a routine work i.e. daily work so routine maintenance is a overall daily maintenance of the machine. As the little … Read more

Mechanical Faults and Causes in Case of Electrical Machines Q. List out the mechanical faults and causes in case of electrical machines. Mechanical Faults : Sr. No Fault Reasons Remedial measures 1 Bent shape Drawback in shaft coupling machine to machine or machine to load shaft. Due care during storage, transportation must be taken. 2 … Read more

Back to Back Test for Efficiency of Transformer

Back to Back Test for Efficiency of Transformer Q. Explain with neat sketch back to back test for efficiency of transformer. Connection-circuit diagram Primary of auxiliary transformer A and B an the two identical Y – Y connected transformers. One more transformer is needed called as an auxiliary transformer (C). This is also a Y connected … Read more

Importance of Planning of Preventive Maintenance Schedule

Importance of Planning of Preventive Maintenance Schedule Q. State the importance of planning of preventive maintenance schedule.  Following points are firstly considered prior to prepare a final preventive maintenance schedule. Too frequent inspections-will cause waste of time and will not be economical. Too less frequency will invite failure of operation of machine; and it will … Read more

Activities That are Done During Preventive Maintenance of Induction Motors

Activities That are Done During Preventive Maintenance of Induction Motors Q. State any six activities that are done during preventive maintenance of induction motors. The activities that are done during preventive maintenance of induction motors are :  Attention towards brushes :  Sparking at the brushes : Sparking is produced due to misalignment of commutator, mechanical … Read more

Internal and External Causes for Failure of Equipments

Internal and External Causes for Failure of Equipment Q. List internal and external causes for failure of equipment’s.  Internal Causes : In some unavoidable situation the machine may have to be run “over loaded” for a longer period which causes temperature rise beyond the permissible limit.  During normal working shot-circuit may occur due to some reasons. … Read more