Why is Electrical Preventive Maintenance Important?
In our competitive business environment, with just in time delivery systems and maximized productivity, facility up time is not only critical to business continuation, but to maintaining a leadership position in your market. Over the past two decades we have seen alarming increases in frequency and severity of electrical system failures. Estimates on the annual costs to industry from power related anomalies have ranged from $30 billion to $200 billion. When an electrical system malfunctions, it is not only expensive to make repairs, but can be a disaster in terms of fire loss as well. Electrical system malfunctions are the leading cause of fire in commercial buildings. Do I Need an EPM Program? It is a logical question and should be asked. The answer to the question lies in your assessment of your individual business. If your business will not be negatively impacted by an unscheduled and unwanted electrical outage of your facility, and there is little risk of an electrical fire consumi
