Caffeine and Chaos Episode 38 Energy and Emissions KPI to Save Your Job
As energy costs have gone way up and way down over the past decade, along with all of the stuff that goes along with it from transportation to production, office,…
Chaos and Caffeine Episode 37 Whats Really Happening to Your Bearings and Windings Rant
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 32 The Fragile Grid Why Electricity Is Getting More Expensive
https://youtu.be/X9xvBPkcyRI This episode dives straight into one of the most misunderstood issues in modern energy: what really happens when maintenance fails and why your electricity bill feels it. Recorded over…
Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 31 Streamline Conference C Suite ROI Energy and Emissions
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
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…
Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 21 Its the Economy Stupid and the Trades in 2026
We try the Starbucks Eggnog Latte then discuss the impacts and conditions surrounding 2025, including AI, policy decisions, and the impacts of all of them on small to medium businesses.…
Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 20 Kona Coffee and Vehicle Electronic Reliability
Checking out a local Signature Kona (inexpensive) coffee followed by a discussion of experiences with the radio and connected systems in GM Hybrid Tahoes and Silverados. We identify that most…
Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 19 Electric Motor Testing Standards and Entenmanns Coffee
Discussion of IEEE and IEC motor testing and maintenance inspection standards for random and form wound electric machines. Updates on what's coming soon in new standards. Final identification of how…
Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 17 Guatemalan Coffee Cardamon Modern Grid Generator Reliability
We try a Guatemalan special coffee and then discuss the evolution of the grid and generator reliability during that evolution. Major changes to the loads that the grid serves with…
Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 16 7 11 Cappuccino and Standards Meetings and Overview for Electric Machines
Trying out 7/11 Cappuccino and then a discussion of the upcoming IEEE P1415 project on root cause failure analysis and condition based maintenance of electric machines, standards meetings from this…