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Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 44 Field Motor Insulation Testing

By MotorDoc May 16, 2026Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Electric Machine, Remaining Useful Life, Time to Failure Estimation, Uncategorized

Based on a question related to insulation testing this week. We cover common tests from resistance testing, insulation resistance, dielectric absorption and polarization index, hipot, VLF, surge testing and PD…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 42 ATPro7 Demo Rethinking Motor Testing and Terminology in Reliability

By MotorDoc May 2, 2026Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Electric Machine, Remaining Useful Life, Time to Failure Estimation, Uncategorized

An in-depth demonstration of the ALL-TEST Pro 7 system (full test) then a discussion of terminology and how it confuses non-reliability people. https://youtu.be/kLSydGAEbqE

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 41 The Purchase Order Scam that Nearly Worked and other fun topics

By MotorDoc April 25, 2026Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, cybersecurity, Electric Machine, Internet of Things, Uncategorized

We try a new coffee then answer several questions about electrical and current signature analysis for the first 14 minutes. These include Babbitt bearings, no load, and locked bearings and…

Chaos and Caffeine Episode 37 Whats Really Happening to Your Bearings and Windings Rant

By MotorDoc March 28, 2026Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Data Science, Electric Machine, energy efficiency, expert system, Internet of Things, Power Quality, Time to Failure Estimation, Uncategorized

A tremendous problem is occurring in the industry that is resulting in bearing and winding failures throughout industry. This has to do with the misapplication and installation of variable frequency…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 36 Testing OIl Rigs in Texas and Turbo Generator Update

By MotorDoc March 21, 2026Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Electric Machine, Uncategorized

Short story of the adventures this week from verification of the turbo-generator (55 MW) to testing drilling rigs with the MotorDoc EMPOWER as well as airport adventures. Yep, I few…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 35 Turbo Generator and Synchronous Motor Testing with EMPATH ESA and ATPro7

By MotorDoc March 15, 2026Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Electric Machine, expert system, Power, Power Quality, Uncategorized

Two case studies using the ALL-TEST Pro 7 MCA and EMPATH Electrical Signature Analyzer on a turbo generator (confirmation of original findings) and a large 40-pole synchronous motor. Discussion of…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 34 Adventures in Clean Energy and Reliability at OMS 2026

By MotorDoc March 8, 2026Artificial Intelligence, Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Data Science, Electric Machine, infrastructure, Machine Learning, Power, Power Quality, Uncategorized

A review of the March 4-6, 2026 American Clean Power OMS26 Conference including our pre-attendance at NAES with Hitachi and Joliet Electric and then having our partners support the MotorDoc…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 31 Streamline Conference C Suite ROI Energy and Emissions

By MotorDoc February 14, 2026Alternative Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Data Science, Electric Machine, energy efficiency, ESG, infrastructure, Machine Learning, Power, Uncategorized

We attended the Streamline Conference this week, a book review of 'Condition Monitoring ROI Calculator' book and associated website by Abraham Brooks, and then the application of free US DOE…

Chaos and Caffeine Episode 29 Bridging the Gap from Theory to Real World Reliability

By MotorDoc January 31, 2026Artificial Intelligence, Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Data Science, Electric Machine, energy efficiency, ESG, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Power, Power Quality, Remaining Useful Life, Time to Failure Estimation, Uncategorized

In this episode we will have ChatGPT Juniper as our co-host - a fun little experiment and an attempt to go by a script (not very well). We discuss the…

Case Study Fault Analysis of a 55MVA 13-8kV Turbo Generator with EMPATH ESA ATPro7 and Electrom

By MotorDoc January 25, 2026Data Science, Electric Machine, expert system, Power, Remaining Useful Life, Time to Failure Estimation, Uncategorized

A large steam turbine generator unit had repeated normal events and shutdowns following a history of disturbances, repair conditions, and balance conditions starting in 2019 until 2025. The most critical…