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ElkRiver ---~ Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette -Superintendent of Technical John Dietz, Chair Services Daryl Thompson, Vice Chair AI Nadeau, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Ma ] 0, 2011 5.4 SUBJECT: Review Thermal hna in and System Maintenance Pro ram DISCUSSION: Last month l gave a short verbal report on the thermal imaging camera. This camera has been very useful in our maintenance program. We use this camera during our slow months in the winter. We aze able to spot-check different azeas of electrical equipment (substations, riser poles, air switches, switching cabinets and 3-phase transformers, etc.) for higher temperature differences which indicate a connection going bad. The camera operator will take a picture of the equipment and load it into the computer. By using the camera's sofhvaze, the operator is able to generate a report. That report is passed onto the line department for analyzing and deterniining how soon the problem needs to be repaired. The repair is made in the field on a scheduled time therefore, preventing an unexpected outage which could take several hours to restore. So far, this camera has prevented some major outages. By using the camera more and more and attending training sessions, the operators of the camera are getting more efficient in using it. This program is usually done by the locators in the winter when the locate ticket numbers are down. I have included a few reports for your viewing. ACTION REQUESTED: No action required.