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

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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 Episode 26 Condition Based Reactive Maintenance

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When monitoring systems detect faults after they occur they are not condition-based nor are they predictive maintenance, they become condition-based reactive maintenance. In this episode we fall back on Deathwish…

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 21 Its the Economy Stupid and the Trades in 2026

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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 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…

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…