Report on Reliability Survey of Industrial Plants, Part III: Causes and Types of Failures of Electrical Equipment, the Methods of Repair, and the Urgency of Repair

An IEEE sponsored reliability survey of industrial plants was completed during 1972. This included the causes and types of failures of electrical equipment, the methods of repair, and the urgency of repair. The results are reported from the survey of 30 companies covering 68 plants in nine industries in the United States and Canada. This information is useful in the design of industrial power distribution systems.