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TEGG SERVICES
BoDean Company, Inc.
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BoDean Company, Inc. Asphalt Plant in Santa Rosa.
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One year ago Mike Saitone, Knights' Electric's TEGG Services
Senior Sales Representative, presented BoDean Company, Inc. with a proposal for TEGG Services
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Control panels for motor controllers.
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The timing was good for BoDean, an asphalt manufacturing company in Santa Rosa, because they were preparing to
install new equipment at their production facility at 1060 Maxwell Drive.
Knights' Electric's TEGG Services performed an electrical inspection of the facility at that time, made repairs and then installed 35 motor controllers for BoDean's asphalt manufacturing process. |
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Recently the annual inspection by Knights' Electric's TEGG Services
was performed at BoDean's hot plant. The final report is nearing completion and the preliminary indication is that there will be minimal repair work. Ben English, Knights' Electric's TEGG Services Project Manager, who is overseeing the project says, "At this time it looks like we will just be looking at a few breakers." |
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Motor control panel installed by Knights' Electric's TEGG Services.
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One of the advantages of
TEGG Services
for production facilities like BoDean's asphalt plant is being proactive towards inspecting the performance of the electrical system and the equipment it powers. "If the plant had to shut down temporarily because of an electrical failure when they were in the middle of a highway paving job it could be a disaster," says English, "Instead of that happening we can now schedule our repair work, which addresses potential future problems, when the plant is not in production during a down time."
Knights' Electric's TEGG Services is also doing work at BoDean's Mark West Quarry with more proactive inspections, evaluations and repair work. |
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WINERIES
Asti Winery Continues to Expand
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The old Asti Winery is still being used.
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Asti Winery is undergoing another expansion project. The storied winery that dates back to the 1880's is adding
a new production building and crush area to the existing facility that last year crushed 24,000 tons of grapes. The new 50,000 square foot production building has 84 fermentation
tanks. |
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The new wine production building.
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Knights' Electric installed a 480-volt, 1600-amp service for the power distribution in this new building. They
also installed fluorescent high bay lighting for the tank room, barrel room and crush pad. In the tank room Knights' Electric installed power control wiring for the refrigeration
cooling system. In the barrel room they installed a transformer and sub panels along with the wiring for the air cooling system. |
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There are 84 new tanks, many with insulation.
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High bay lighting with cooling units
to the right.
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Knights' Electric installed the power control wiring for the pump-over control panels they built and
installed for the fermentation tanks. |
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Knights' Electric also is installing the conduit wiring around each tank for the thermostats that control tank
temperatures. They also manufactured and installed 11 power stanchions
with two 30-amp, 480-volt outlets, one 60-amp, 480-volt outlet and a 120-volt outlet. |
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Motors to power the refrigeration.
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Knights' Electric's Greg Hannon
assembles conduit for wine tanks.
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On the crush pad Knights' Electric is installing the motor control center for the crush equipment, which
includes two state-of-the-art Dieme wine presses. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in time for – you guessed it – the 2006 crush around September first. |
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Conduit supplies power to
temperature controls for tanks.
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Power stanchions supply power
to the trades during construction.
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Control panel and pump-over unit
for wine tanks.
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Crush pad with two state-of-the-art
Dieme wine presses.
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RESIDENTIAL
Knights' Residential Dept. Partnering
with Energy Plus Automation
Knights' Electric's Residential Department is partnering with Energy Plus Automation
in their residential lighting and automation market. Energy Plus Automation is a lighting and automation company specializing in technical programming, strategies, planning and installation of residential lighting, automation, networking and integration of systems.
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Amar Parmar, Vice President of Energy Plus Automation, is working closely with Scott Cameron, Knights' Electric's Residential Project Manager, on residential lighting, networking and automation projects. Parmar was a lead project
engineer with Lutron for four years before coming to Energy Plus Automation. He helped Lutron develop products like the HomeWorks lighting control system. |
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Amar Parmar, Vice President
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Knights' Electric's Residential Department is now able to offer networking, audio visual systems along
with other automation systems that control fire alarm systems and HVAC systems. With this new strategic partnership Knights' Electric will expand upon their expertise in lighting
systems and residential electrical layouts. Knights' Electric can now offer the full range of products and services for the upscale custom home market that they serve. |
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Crestron Wireless Touchscreen
for the home theater. |
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Parmar is well versed in touchscreen systems like Crestron, which can be used for the control and integration of
lighting, climate control, security and intercoms, audio distribution and home theaters. Knights' Electric along with Energy Plus Automation will use these systems to provide the best
solution for the customer. |
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Parmar also understands the importance of customer service, "It's really important to understand what the
customers want. It's also important to explain what the systems can do for the customers. Once these expectations are aligned, automation systems can be designed to offer the customer
a simple yet reliable way to control their home. The end goal is to have a customer that is both happy and comfortable with their system." |
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Crestron Radio Frequency Touchscreen
with WIFI. |
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