chiefkona1145
Member
Hello folks,
Has anyone ever seen a listing of life expectancy in years of things like transformer, automatic transfer switches, capacitors, wire and cable, unit substations, distribution panelboards, breakers, lighting, etc.?
I'm looking for general information and it is assuming that everything has been working fine without problems for the last 15 years. I'd hate to state in a report that 'the average equipment life expectancy is 30 years, so you have 16 years to go before you need to start replacing things'.
I am an engineer, not a contractor, and have been assigned to do a multi-building equipment evaluation and have asked a few manufacturers if they have published general information pertaining to my question and they've all come back with "never heard of such a thing". I can understand the manufacturers not sticking their necks out for fear their equipment might fail earlier than what they publish for liability reasons.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Chiefkona1145
Has anyone ever seen a listing of life expectancy in years of things like transformer, automatic transfer switches, capacitors, wire and cable, unit substations, distribution panelboards, breakers, lighting, etc.?
I'm looking for general information and it is assuming that everything has been working fine without problems for the last 15 years. I'd hate to state in a report that 'the average equipment life expectancy is 30 years, so you have 16 years to go before you need to start replacing things'.
I am an engineer, not a contractor, and have been assigned to do a multi-building equipment evaluation and have asked a few manufacturers if they have published general information pertaining to my question and they've all come back with "never heard of such a thing". I can understand the manufacturers not sticking their necks out for fear their equipment might fail earlier than what they publish for liability reasons.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Chiefkona1145