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IPS REPAIR & RETROFIT SERVICES

                           

          Ground Detector: Before Retrofit                     LIM: After Retrofit

Older systems may experience breakdowns or "performance deviations" from their original design tolerances.  Some technologies have become obsolete and are no longer candidates for repair or recalibration.  Grounding systems may develop high impedance connections inside the Operating Room or within the Isolated Power panel.  Ground Detectors and Line Isolation Monitors may completely fail to operate under actual fault conditions.

These devices are constantly energized and see every voltage sag and surge that occurs:  day-after-day and year-after-year.  For these and other reasons, many in this industry consider the life expectancy of these solid-state devices (LIMs) to be around (10) years - for units of solid design.  There are various LIM makes and models still in use that have not had a very good "track record" in terms of reliability or longevity and which have failed in far less than (10) years.  Many of these units are still in service and their failures have gone undetected.

POWERSERVE offers a variety of repair services and retrofit services for obsolete units for which repair parts are no longer available.  Many hospitals still using Ground Detectors wish to upgrade to Line Isolation Monitors (LIMs) because of the superior protection they provide for patients.

Following are some of the repair and retrofit services offered:

LIM repairs (on select makes and models)

LIM alignment for "out-of-calibration" units

audible alarm and visual indicator repairs

Ground Detector retrofit with LIM

old generation LIM retrofit with new LIM

remote alarm/indicator panel repair and retrofit

ground system troubleshooting and repair

custom panel configurations

installing TVSS protection on isolation transformer primaries to protect aging transformers against voltage transients

conceptual studies and budget development for complete IPS replacement in older facilities

project management for complete IPS replacement/installation

 

 

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