hockeyoligist2
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- close to greenville sc
My company received a government grant for upgrading to energy efficient lights and motors, in our sewer plants. It's called WASEE, not sure that is the correct spelling, but that is the way it is spelled on my work orders.
It doesn't make a lot of common sense to me. It's not that I'm complaining about the extra work, I do get overtime pay. But it seems to be wasteful.
We have to replace perfectly good motors, now, some of them only months old, with motors that meet their standards. An example, I replaced a motor last week that was one month old. It was a 15HP 460v, the new motor pulls .8 amps less than the old one. It runs about 6 hours a day and will probably fail due to the elements before it has saved enough power to pay for it. Must less the power that was consumed in another country to manufacture it!
Most of the motors that we are replacing are already high efficiency.
Same with lights, I'm replacing brand new high efficiency lights this week, in an office, they are 3 months old but don't meet their standards.
IMHO, we should have the leeway to purchase the motors and lights, put in storage, and replace the old ones when they fail, unless they are real energy hogs. What we are doing is putting the old motors in storage for replacements for the new motors when they fail! We are throwing/giving away the old lights. And according to what I am being told that is "A OK" with the grant "powers that be".
PS Don't turn this in to politics and get it locked!
It doesn't make a lot of common sense to me. It's not that I'm complaining about the extra work, I do get overtime pay. But it seems to be wasteful.
We have to replace perfectly good motors, now, some of them only months old, with motors that meet their standards. An example, I replaced a motor last week that was one month old. It was a 15HP 460v, the new motor pulls .8 amps less than the old one. It runs about 6 hours a day and will probably fail due to the elements before it has saved enough power to pay for it. Must less the power that was consumed in another country to manufacture it!
Most of the motors that we are replacing are already high efficiency.
Same with lights, I'm replacing brand new high efficiency lights this week, in an office, they are 3 months old but don't meet their standards.
IMHO, we should have the leeway to purchase the motors and lights, put in storage, and replace the old ones when they fail, unless they are real energy hogs. What we are doing is putting the old motors in storage for replacements for the new motors when they fail! We are throwing/giving away the old lights. And according to what I am being told that is "A OK" with the grant "powers that be".
PS Don't turn this in to politics and get it locked!
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