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TEGG SERVICES
November 4 & 5 - TEGG Seminar for
Arc Flash Safety and
Preventive Electrical Maintenance
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Knights’ Electric, Inc. and TEGG Services are inviting commercial facility managers to attend a two-day seminar, November 4 & 5 covering Arc Flash Safety and Electrical Preventive Maintenance, at the North Coast Builders Exchange located at 1030 Apollo Way in Santa Rosa. |
Joe Gerlock of the TEGG Corporation
and two Knights' Electric TEGG technicians on site
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The Arc Flash Safety seminar on day one will cover 1) Causes and Consequences of Arc Flash, 2) Arc Flash Boundary Limits, 3) Arc Flash Calculations, 4) Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). |
Sample arc flash study sticker, which
Knights' Electric's TEGG Services technicians will
attach to electrical panel covers with safety instructions
determined by computer software analysis
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The Electrical Preventive Maintenance seminar on day two will cover 1) Frequency of Electrical Maintenance, 2) Energized Testing Procedures, 3) De-energized Testing Procedures, 4) Trending of Maintenance. For seminar details and registeration form click here. |
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Two Knights' Electric TEGG technicians at a facility
owned by the BoDean Company of Santa Rosa
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“Cal-OSHA will soon be implementing minimal safety requirements for Arc Flash Safety”, says Michael Ragsdale, General Manager for TEGG Services at Knights’ Electric. “People need to be trained and properly equipped to open panels and there are safety techniques for working on live equipment. It’s dangerous and you need to know when to call a certified electrician who is properly trained and properly protected to perform this type of work.” |
Michael Ragsdale
Knights' Electric, Inc.'s
TEGG Services General Manager
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To review the Knights’ Electric – TEGG Service two-day seminar and register to attend click here. |
COMMERCIAL
Working with PG&E
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Knights' Electric's commercial crew working on the new electrical
system that will draw power from rooftop solar panels to power
the entire business at Liberty Valley Doors
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Knights’ Electric is installing a new 1200-amp, 277/480-volt main electrical service panel which will feed power to the facility and also receive power produced from a new solar electric system that includes solar panels on the entire roof of the warehouse. |
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Art Knight, Knights' Electric's Vice President
checking the new main service panel
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Liberty Valley Doors took the day off since the power was shut down while the new connections were being made which made this a one-day job. PG&E removed the old power pole and installed new pole-mounted hardware for the connection of new primary cables, which feed power to the entire facility. |
PG&E crew cutingt down the old power pole
as part of the cut-over for new electrical service
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After Knights’ Electric completes the cabling and wiring for the new electrical service panel and existing sub panels PG&E will make the final connections to restore power. “PG&E is good to work with”, says Art Knight, Vice President and Commercial Manager for Knights’ Electric. “They have their procedures and paperwork, but on the job they do what they have to do to get the job done, just like us.” |
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Knights' Electric's Jim Smith and Josh Gillespie
pulling wire for new service panels
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Knights’ Electric also installed a new 300KVA transformer to create 800-amps of 120/240-volt three-phase power that will distribute power to the existing 120/240-volt service panels. Knights’ Electric provided and installed the utility transformer on a hill above the warehouse, which takes the 12,000-volt grid power from PG&E and transformers it to the 480/277-volt power needed for the new 1200-amp main service panel. |
Knights' Electric's Brent Smith installing
a new service panel
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When the project is completed the solar power system will deliver enough power to run the entire facility at Liberty Valley Doors , which includes the office building and showroom plus the warehouse and production area. |
THE COMPANY
Mike Rose – The Old Pro
Shares His Knowledge
After 19 years at Knights’ Electric, Inc. Mike Rose has learned a few things including how much he enjoys sharing his knowledge. “You can’t take it to the grave”, says Rose, “I take pride in my workmanship and I’ve been around long enough to know if you share that with the younger guys it’s going to help them and make things easier for them when they meet up with situations on their own.” |
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Rose is well versed in all areas of electrical work, but motor controls is what he enjoys the most. “Motor controls are interesting and challenging – I like challenges.” Rose learned his trade working for Louisiana-Pacific Lumber Company. He worked there 18 years before coming to Knights’ Electric and learned the finer points of motor controls while working in lumber mills as a millwright and electrician. |
Knights' Electric's Mike Rose
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Rose has worked on numerous commercial projects involving motor controls and he says bottling lines are the most challenging. “We did a bottling line for Pokka (now AmCan) that had over an acre of conveyers – that was a complicated set-up. The bottling line for Kendall-Jackson at their Skylane facility was very high tech with a lot of PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controllers).” |
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Knights' Electric Mike Rose always leads by example
and he's usually in the middle of the action
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Art Knight, Vice President and Commercial Manager, had this to say about Mike Rose, “He’s a model employee. He is very valuable to the company. He’s a motivator, a teacher and he’s always thinking ahead.” |
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