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TEGG SERVICES
Arc Flash Study Promotes Safety
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Sometime in the near future the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, will be issuing a safety regulation requiring businesses to post arc flash safety stickers on electrical service panels warning employees to wear proper safety equipment and, in some cases, protective clothing before opening the service panel. |
Knights' Electric, Inc.'s TEGG Service technicians
wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when
it is necessary to maintain safety
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In anticipation of a mandate from Cal/OSHA some companies have already started to implement arc flash studies. Beringer Vineyards in St. Helena has contracted with Knights’ Electric Inc.’s TEGG Services, who will perform the arc flash study for the winery facility. Knights’ Electric’s TEGG Services has been working with Beringer Vineyards over the past few years performing electrical system testing, analysis and recommended repairs. |
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To save money and time Knights’ Electric’s TEGG Services will perform the arc flash study at the same time they do their annual electrical system testing at Beringer Vineyards. “We have an older site and the electrical system has been added on to over the years”, says Lynne Ryno, Operations Manager at Beringer Vineyards, ‘This will give us a good map of our electrical system.” |
Sample arc flash study sticker, which
Knights' Electric's TEGG Services technicians will
attach to electrical panel covers with safety instructions
determined by computer software analysis
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The electrical system testing and arc flash study will be performed during the crush. Knights’ Electric’s TEGG Services will complete the work with minimal shutdown time that will in no way affect production during the critical harvest time. “Testing our electrical system during the crush when it is at peak demand will give us an accurate assessment.” says Ryno. |
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Beringer Vineyards is part of Foster’s Wine Estates, a premium portfolio of award-winning wine brands. Knights’ Electric has worked with other wineries that are part of Foster’s portfolio including Chateau St. Jean, Cellar No. 8 (Asti), Etude, Meridian, Stags' Leap Winery and Souverain. |
COMMERCIAL
Liberty Valley Doors
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Liberty Valley Doors office and showroom at 6005 Highway 116 in Cotati
with the warehouse in background on the riight
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Liberty Valley Doors, located at 6005 Highway 116 in Cotati, is a manufacturer of custom wooden doors. Their website states their commitment to the environment and it’s backed up with their actions. They have installed a solar panel system on the warehouse roof that will produce all of their electrical power when the electrical infrastructure is completed. |
Knights’ Electric, Inc.’s commercial department has been contracted to upgrade the electrical infrastructure with a design/build solution. Knights’ Electric provided and installed a new 1200-amp, 277/480-volt main electrical service panel which will feed power to the facility and also receive power produced from the new solar electric system. |
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Knights' Electric provided and installed this
utility transformer to bring in PG&E grid power and
transform it into 480/277-volts
for the new1200-amp main service
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Liberty Valley Doors had four PG&E meters with their original electrical set up. The new infrastructure will give them one PG&E meter. The new 1200-amp, 480/277-volt main service will feed an existing 600-amp, 480-volt panel and a new 300KVA transformer to create 800-amps of 120/240-volt three-phase power that will distribute power to the existing 120/240-volt service panels. |
Knights' Electric provided trenching and conduit
from the hilltop tranformer down to the main service
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Knights’ Electric provided and installed the utility transformer on a hill above the warehouse, which takes the 12,000-volt grid power from PG&E and transformers it to the 480/277-volt power needed for the new 1200-amp main service panel. Knights’ Electric will tie in the solar power system to a breaker in the main service panel. The solar power system is scheduled to be on line in September and it is projected to provide enough power to run the entire business with a 100% offset rating. |
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Knights' Electric provided and installed this
1200-amp main service outside the warehouse
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RESIDENTIAL
Custom Vineyard Home
Nearing Completion
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Secluded custom home built by Total Concepts can only
be approached by scenic road through vineyards
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An unusual custom home is nearing completion in a Napa Valley vineyard. There are a total of four buildings in all, the main house, the detached garage, the guest house and the pool house. All of the buildings have exterior stonework and the roofs are covered with re-used tile. Total Concepts is the general contractor and the home is scheduled to be finished in September. |
Two of the four wheel shaped lighting structures
located in the great room.
Knights' Electric
installed low-voltage lighting fixtures in them
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Knight’s Electric, Inc.’s residential department has installed a Lutron lighting system with a two control panels to service the two wings of the home plus the great room. The great room features four custom made, metal and wood circular lighting structures, which are twelve feet in diameter. These wheel shaped structures feature embedded low-voltage lighting fixtures. The rest of the home features rail lighting with low-voltage lighting fixtures and various ceiling pendants.
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Knights' Electric installed low-voltage rail lighting
on the open beam ceilings in many of the rooms
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The home was difficult to wire because there are no crawl spaces or attic spaces and the wall are concrete. “Thomas (Lamburth) did an outstanding job of wiring on this project”, says Cedric Pigg, Knights’ Electric’ Project Manager for this job, “The layout in the great room had to be perfect and the installation was difficult because the space was very tight.” |
Knights' Electric's Tim Fogg installing
electrical outlets in the kitchen area
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Knights’ Electric installed a 600-amp service panel and two transformers, one at the front gate and the other behind the house. 1100 feet of trenching and conduit was necessary to bring the power to the home and surrounding buildings. Knights’ Electric is also installing a distributed audio system with ceiling speakers and exterior wall mounted speakers for the courtyard and the pool. |
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Knights' Electric's Josh Gillespie installs one of
many audio ceiling speakers
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