Dan Hook, PE MBA

VP, Western Electrical Services

VP, Board of Directors, PEARL

Western Mining Electrical Association

Denver, CO - May 2015

History

What PEARL Companies Do Together

What PEARL Companies Do Individually

• PEARL-formed to bring standards to industry that had

none

• First 2 years dedicated to the creation of

reconditioning standards for over 70 Products

• The process included invitations to all major electrical

manufacturers, contractors, distributors, and listing

agencies to participate in the preparation of these

standards.

• UL, ANSI, NEMA, NEC, NFPA, NETA and OSHA already

had published standards for us to research and learn

from.

• Every manufacturer produce operations and

maintenance manuals for their devices.

• All of this information combined with what we

determined “best practices” to create the first set of

PEARL Reconditioning Standards.

Professional

Electrical

Apparatus

Recyclers

League

• We do this for our living. To stay in business, we mustoffer quality and reliability or we will not keep ourcustomers.

• This is ALL that we do.

• Controls, switchboards, panelboards, molded casecircuit breakers, insulated case circuit breakers, aircircuit breakers, vacuum circuit breakers, transformers,assemblies, low, medium and high voltage.

• We process used equipment back into top notch

condition for safe and reliable reapplication. We keep

this material out of landfills for at least another

generation.

• We are a coordinated group, pooling knowledge and

resources to improve our portion of the electrical

marketplace.

Membership

• 80 Members

• 19 Years of Leadership

• Creating Higher Standards

• Educating

• US and Canada

• Standards used widely

outside the membership

Annual Conference

• Technical Training

• Technician Certification

• Professional Tracks

• Technical Tracks

• Business Tracks

• April 2016, Austin-TX

Committee Meetings

• Technical

• Standard

Review

• Technician

Certification

• ANSI

• Marketing

PEARL Specifications

• The PEARL Standards are being specified to maintain

aging equipment or add to previous vintage models.

• Electrical Wholesalers, Contractors, Industrial Plants,

Government Organizations and Commercial

Businesses all are recognizing the value of PEARL

• Visual Inspection

• Internal

• External

• Clean

• Lubricate

• Torque

• Replace

• Tested

• Insulation

• Overcurrent

• Contact Resistance

• Ratio

• Power Factor

• Controls

• Function Test

• Electrically

• Mechanically

• Factory Specifications

• Adjustments

• Timing

• Resistance

• Tolerance

Technician Certification

The PEARL Seal

The PEARL seal represents that this

product has been subjected to the

processes prescribed in the standards

related to that specific product, and has

passed ALL of the test and inspection

criteria. The seal is serialized. Serial

numbers do not repeat. With the serial

number, you can easily identify the

specific PEARL member company that

reconditioned the product and acquire

related documentation, including the

inspection and test reports in the

possession of that member.

No. 000001

• The PEARL label provides assurance that the product is reconditioned

and tested to a standard.

• There are unscrupulous businesses who will misrepresent product,

often with potentially dangerous results. PEARL members are bound by

the PEARL Code of Business Practices that demand honest product

representation.

• Safety of the product user is a priority for PEARL members. Proper

reconditioning and prequalification of electrical product requires

knowledge and technical skills.

WHY?

• Most electrical materials have a service life >> Market Life

• Manufacturers regularly change designs/generations of products during

the life of the products.

• Customers need equipment support after the product is no longer

supported by its original manufacturer.

• Reconditioned and obsolete material is an alternative to buying new

from the factory and saves money in up front cost as well as related

costs.

• Reconditioned and obsolete product can save days, weeks or even

months in getting customers back online.

THE NEEDS

Safe, Quality and Reliable Electrical Equipment

Panelboards Switchgear

Low Voltage Circuit Breakers

Medium Voltage Circuit Breakers

Insulated & Molded Case Circuit Breakers

Motor Control Centers

Motor Control

Transformers

ALL ABOUT SOLUTIONS! WE DON’T LIKE TO SAY NO

Remote Racking Systems

Remote Switching Solutions for LV, MV switches, breakers, MCC’s…

UL Listed custom enclosures with short lead times

Circuit Breaker Mounting Hardware

GE Magneblast Replacement Products

AC and DC Retrofit Trip Unit Systems

In house Transformer Oil Analysis

• Dielectric breakdown voltage: ASTM D 877 and/or ASTM D 1816

• Acid neutralization number: ANSI/ASTM D 974

• Specific gravity: ANSI/ASTM D 1298

• Interfacial tension: ANSI/ASTM D 971 or ANSI/ASTM D 2285

• Color: ANSI/ASTM D 1500

• Visual Condition: ASTM D 1524

• Water in insulating liquids: ASTM D 1533. (Required on 25 kV or higher

voltages and on all silicone-filled units.)

• Power factor or dissipation factor in accordance with ASTM D 924.

• Dissolved-gas analysis (DGA) in accordance with ANSI/IEEE C57.104 or

ASTM D3612.

Magnetron Atmospheric Condition Assessment (MAC Testing)

Component Level Repair of Solid State Trip Units

New replacement MCC Buckets for legacy Motor Control Centers

Heat Trace Panels with GFI Relays or GFI Circuit Breakers

LV, MV and HV fuses shipped ASAP

Reconditioning has a positive environmental impact

• White Paper Reconditioning: The Ultimate Form of Recycling

• Pearl1.org/newsletters

Reuse, reconditioning, and remanufacturing use a fraction of the

energy of new production, keep millions of tons of waste from landfills

every year, reduce raw material consumption, and create 3 to 5 times

more skilled jobs than automated production lines.

QUESTIONS?

Dan Hook

dhook@westernelectricalservices.com

www.pearl1.org

253.797.8211