Power Quality Investigation

We measure what's actually
happening on your line.

We put monitoring on the affected circuits, capture the events as they happen, and analyze the waveforms to find the source. Then we tell you plainly what is causing it and what it takes to resolve, whether that sits inside your fence or outside it. We have no equipment to sell either way.

What you end up with: a measured answer, and a fix that holds.
Choosing an approach

Three ways to approach it, and what each one gets you.

Most facilities try the first two before they try the third, usually more than once.

Trust the Vendor's Diagnosis

The vendor proposes a fix based on their product. They can't evaluate your incoming power or wider system, and they're selling the fix.

Fits well if: the equipment itself is clearly the issue and everything upstream is ruled out.
Live With It

Schedule around the trips and treat them as a cost of doing business. Cheapest short term, but the losses just stop getting counted.

Fits well if: the trips are infrequent and cheap enough that solving them isn't worth it.
Independent Power Quality Investigation

Monitoring is installed at the panels to capture real trip events, showing whether the cause is utility-side or facility-side before anyone proposes a fix.

Fits well if: the vendor and utility keep blaming each other and you want a real answer.
How we help

What we measure, and what the numbers settle.

A power quality investigation isn't a guess dressed up as an answer. It's a defined sequence that produces a specific, defensible finding.

01
Temporary Monitoring Installation Equipment installed at the panels where the problem actually shows up, not just wherever is easiest to access.
02
A Real Data Collection Period Monitoring runs long enough to capture actual trip events as they happen, not a snapshot that misses the pattern.
03
Utility-Side vs. Facility-Side Analysis The data shows where the disturbance actually originates, settling the question instead of trading guesses.
04
A Specific Remedy, Tied to the Cause A recommendation that addresses what the data actually showed, not a generic fix applied before anyone knew what was wrong.
One thing worth saying: "it must be the utility" is almost always the first assumption a facility reaches for, and it's usually wrong. Most power quality issues that cause unplanned downtime originate inside the facility, in load interaction, grounding, or equipment that was never sized for the demand it's actually seeing.

Let's find out what monitoring would actually show on your line. No proposal until we both understand what's happening.

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