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Analysis of the Repair vs. Replace Decision for Small AC Motors
Abstract
This morning in the course of my discussion, I would like to cover how we at Westvaco were handling our motor replacement decisions, how we are handling them now and how we determined the costs and benefits of such a change.
As you have already gathered, some of us feel there is some money to be saved through the purchase of high efficiency AC motors in the 1 to 250 HP range. Our analysis at Westvaco suggested to us that there is a great deal of money to be saved.
You have heard this from the suppliers side, General Electric and Baldor, as well as from the users side, Owens-Corning Fiberglass. Speaking from the user's standpoint, Mr. Nester addressed many of the technical and economic considerations which go into the decision whether to buy a standard efficiency motor or a premium high efficiency motor. He also commented briefly on the repair/replace decision. This last point is the question we asked ourselves and the topic of my presentation today.
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Citation
Chamberlain, P. F. (1984). Analysis of the Repair vs. Replace Decision for Small AC Motors. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94736.