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

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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 Episode 25 EMPOWER Vibration and MCSA with Peppermint Mocha

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A review of the upcoming EMPOWER-VIB vibration analysis system and the EMPOWER-MCSA current signature analysis system available the first week in January, 2026. Includes the new features for time to…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 16 7 11 Cappuccino and Standards Meetings and Overview for Electric Machines

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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…

Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 15 Pumpkin Spice Condition Based Maintenance

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We try and compare Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts pumpkin spice latte (shudder) and then discuss what's going on with modern condition-based maintenance with a combination of AI-generated jokes and a…

CIGRE Croatia Paper Practical Application of Electrical and Current Signature Analysis in DFIG Turbine Systems Oct 14 2025

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Abstract—On and off-shore wind generators and powertrain systems have significant reliability concerns that increase the operations and maintenance costs associated with ownership and affect individual tower availability. The primary failure…