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…

Chaos and Caffeine 2 Aerial Resupply Coffee and the Iberian Peninsula Blackout RCFA

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In this episode we cover Aerial Supply Coffee (https://aerialsupplycoffee.com) M.O.A.B. ARC is a veteran owned coffee company based out of Virginia. We then discuss the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)…

MotorDoc Vlog 80 Electrical Machinery Forensics An Intro

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The course we gave at the 2025 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference. The course starts with an overview of the RCFA process emphasizing the simple 5-why and complex analysis using PROACT.…

MotorDoc VLOG 73 Novel Approach to Commercial and Industrial Assessments for Energy and Reliability

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Electrical energy costs, due to changes in the generation side of power generation and infrastructure (grid) in addition to new loads such as datacenters (read as AI-driven growth), are about…
MotorDoc VLOG 59 Leaving Behind the Mess of 2024 and Heading into 2025

MotorDoc VLOG 59 Leaving Behind the Mess of 2024 and Heading into 2025

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Well, we experienced a lot in 2024 from AI disasters to IoT lunacy within industry. However, MotorDoc and MotorDocAI continue to blaze forward through real-world applications, including the use of…