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Troubleshooting ESP Wire Failures

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Common wire failures in discharge electrode systems can be a very serious problem with the potential to force the shutdown of a precipitator’s complete electrical field. Common causes of wire failures include:

  • Warped plates that change the wire-to-plate distance
  • Overvoltage
  • Metal fatigue
  • Chemical attack
  • Mechanical failure
  • Eroded wire frames
  • Full hoppers
  • Improper weight sizes
  • Oscillation
  • Swinging lower wire frames
  • Corrosion
  • Improper rapping

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