TEGG SERVICES
Variable Frequency Drives
Provide Energy Solutions
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Knights’ Electric, Inc.’s TEGG Services now offers variable frequency drives (VFD) for commercial machinery to help save energy and increase the performance and life span of industrial motors. ‘VFD’s are like a dimmer for motors”, says Luka Dexter, Knights’ Electric’s TEGG DES Sales & Project Manager. |
Luka Dexter, Knights' Electric's TEGG
DES Sales & Project Manager |
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“Variable Frequency Drives help extend the life of the motor with soft starts, a slow ramp up speed for the rpm’s required to start the motor”, says Dexter. “When numerous motors are starting up at the same time soft starts help to leave extra capacity in the service panel preventing the possibility of tripping a breaker.” VFD’s can be used with two-horsepower motors or 500-horsepower motors or larger. |
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Knights' Electric can size VFD's to fit the needs
of various sized motors and applications
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PG&E offers rebates for NEMA specified motors using VFD’s because they draw less power from the PG&E grid. Knights’ Electric is partnering with ABB, a supplier of variable frequency drives and Knights’ Electric uses a computer software program to calculate the electrical savings and rebate level for commercial clients using VFD’s. Rebates vary and are available for different categories of motors, such as, pumps, fans, conveyers, rock crushers and many other industrial motors. |
Knights' Electric can manufacture custom panels
with VFD's and PLC's in their motor control shop
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“Variable frequency drives are ideal for large industrial plants with large machinery and motors, like waste water plants and wineries”, says Dexter. “Most good sized wineries have waste water ponds with aerators, which are used to break down algae and run day and night. With VFD’s applied to the aerator motors, timers can be set to decrease the motor rpm’s at night when algae is more dormant. This can create a huge electrical savings.
Knights’ Electric’s motor control shop headed by Scott Webb provides clients with variable frequency drive expertise in regards to installations and calibrations. |
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Large VFD has it's own panel to contain heat and
can service motors with 1,000 HP or more
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WINERIES
Vineyard 7 & 8 – World Class Winery
| When the owners of Vineyard 7 & 8 set out to build a world class winery they set a very lofty goal. Richard Freitas, Knights’ Electric’s Project Manager, who worked on the Vineyard 7 & 8 project, says they succeeded. “Everything they did – they did extremely well”, says Freitas, “They wanted to build a world class winery and I think they achieved it.” |
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Vineyard 7 & 8 is located on Old St. Helena Road at the Sonoma-Napa County line
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| “During the construction of the winery there were many changes, but the changes always turned into improvements”, says Freitas. The tasting room, which is located on the top floor and overlooks the vineyards and vistas of Spring Valley, has a wrap around window that was enlarged to increase the spectacular view. |
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Knights' Electric installed the iColor LED lights for the ceiling display and a chanderlier lift
for the copper chandelier located at the center of the circular ceiling
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| Knights’ Electric’s commercial department installed a high tech LED lighting system called iColor, created by Color Kinetics, on the circular and rounded ceiling of the tasting room. The cove lighting runs 117 feet around the edge of ceiling and 24 feet around a copper shield, which is located at the apex of the ceiling to deflect noise distortion. The copper “chandelier” is a unique art object and Knights’ Electric installed an electric chandelier lift to lower it for cleaning. |
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The iColor lighting system is computer controlled and has a number of preset programs. Individual lighting schemes can be created by computer and the effects include wall washes and light chases. The string lighting consists of foot long strips with 45 individually addressable color LED elements. |
Lighting
controls (above) with computer jack (lower left)
for laptop that can create lighting designs by the user -
here it's Assistant Winemaker Wesley Steffens
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From the stonework on the exterior facade to the stainless steel conduit used for the wine tank controls to the outstanding cabernet and chardonnay, Vineyard 7 & 8, as Freitas says, “has class” – world class. |
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Knights' Electric installed high bay fluorescent
lighting in the fermentation tank room
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THE COMPANY
Trish Jezewski – Accounts Payable
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When you place a phone call to Knights’ Electric, Inc. chances are your call will be answered by Trish Jezewski, who has been with the company since December 2008. Trish is an administrative assistant in the main office of Knights’ Electric and handles accounts payable. Trish is also an assistant to Rhoda Hauth, Knights’ Electric’s Office Manager. “Trish is fantastic”, says Hauth, “She is very computer savvy and flexible in handling tasks.” |
Trish Jezewski, Knights' Electric's
Administtive Assistant & Accounts Payable
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| Trish shares phone duties for incoming calls with Sarah Allan, Knights’ Electric’s TEGG Services administrative Assistant. Jezewski is also responsible for routing calls to the various departments in the company when she answers incoming calls and checking the computer scheduling program, which shows if company managers are in or if she needs to connect the call to a manger in the field. “I enjoy the responsibility of representing Knights' Electric when answering the phone”, says Trish, “I like to make customers feel welcome when they call.” |
| Jezewski is a native of Chicago where she grew up and attended high school. Trish was student at The Academy of Arts in San Francisco a few years ago and through a friend she met Lizzie Ragsdale, former Knights’ Electric employee and daughter of CEO and President Barbara Ragsdale. Trish interviewed with Knights’ Electric and got the position. “I really like it here”, says Jezewski, “when things come up I get the opportunity to do something new. I’m eager to learn new things.” |
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