Hurricanes, floods, lightning strikes or just a simple tree falling on a transmission line can trigger a catastrophe that shuts down power. Without power, there is no production and the cost of downtime can cost tens of thousands of dollars – per hour.
Electricity drives production in the modern world, and often times production is run on switchgear and circuit breakers that have been out of production for years, if not decades. If you call the original manufacturer and they tell you they no longer support your product line, their only option will be to replace your equipment with whatever they are currently producing. This will often entail reconfiguring your distribution system, paying big bills and waiting months for “the latest and greatest” product line only to find out that it’s less reliable than what you previously had and within a short amount of time will be obsolete as well.
So, when disaster strikes and you’re faced with these obstacles, what do you do, who do you call to restore production in the fastest and most economical way? That’s what National Power Equipment is here for. As a stocking distributor of used, remanufactured circuit breakers and switchgear, parts and our ever-growing list of aftermarket parts, NPE can supply you with the right equipment, at the right price and most importantly, right now! Our warehouses are stocked with low voltage (600 VAC or less) through medium voltage (15,000 volts or less) air and vacuum circuit breakers, switchgear, medium voltage motor starters, load break switches, and all of the parts needed to go with it. Our inventory not only contains equipment that dates from the World War II era to current, but our staff has the experience, knowledge, and expertise to get you up and running in hours, days or weeks instead of months. Think of us as your “ELECTRICAL 911”. When disaster strikes, large or small, we can assess the problem, offer a variety of solutions and start implementing them right away.
For example, consider the case of a once in a 100 years flood that incapacitated a technical center for a major automotive company. While the water was still receding NPE was on site consulting with the contractor, assessing the damage and formulating plans. Parts and equipment began arriving the next day. NPE supplied medium voltage fuses and switch parts, low and medium voltage circuit breakers, relays and tons of parts, literally anything that was needed to get over twenty load centers back online. The first of the substations came on in a week and within eight weeks 99% of production was restored. Overall, NPE made seventy-nine separate shipments including one of sixty-seven circuit breakers that were reconditioned and ready to go.
Unexpected outages, large or small, require two things to overcome them – experience and options. Contact us we have both.
