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Preventive Maintenance

Feeder Switch Enclosure Inspection

The feeder switch check confirms the enclosure is closed, locked, and tagged, and reads the handle position the site posted. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. This work order does not authorize operating a switch. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

Interval Quarterly
Est. Duration 1.0 hr
Steps 5
Applies To Energy & Utilities

The Procedure

The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.

  1. From outside, confirm the enclosure is closed, locked and tagged
  2. Read the handle position the site posted. Do not move the handle
  3. Look at the ground connection and for damage or nests
  4. This work order does not authorize operating a switch
  5. Anything that would require the door open is a switching order

Why This PM Exists

The feeder switch check confirms the enclosure is closed, locked, and tagged, and reads the handle position the site posted. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. This work order does not authorize operating a switch. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

What Skipping It Looks Like

The handle gets moved 'back to where it should be' because the tag and the handle disagree. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. This work order does not authorize operating a switch.

Setting the interval

Every ninety days. Anything that needs the door open is a switching order. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.

Equipment This Covers

Common Questions

How often should this PM run?
Quarterly. Every ninety days. Anything that needs the door open is a switching order. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.
How long does it take?
Budget about 1.0 hour for a technician working to the standard procedure. ChatterFix uses that estimate for capacity planning, then learns your plant's actual time from completed work orders.
What happens if we skip it?
The handle gets moved 'back to where it should be' because the tag and the handle disagree. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. This work order does not authorize operating a switch.
Can I use this checklist in ChatterFix?
Yes — this exact procedure ships in the Energy & Utilities industry pack. Pick your industry at signup and it is scheduled on the right assets automatically, with no configuration.

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This procedure — and every other PM for your industry — is already built into ChatterFix. Pick your industry and it lands on the right equipment, on the right interval, in about three minutes.