Aschinger Electric Co.

When this customer's electronic equipment started acting up, they called Aschinger in to look at the grounding system.

Aschinger's trained electricians reviewed the situation, and a philoscope showed the sine waves to be erratic. Aschinger's audit found the grounding to be code compliant, but, due to the customer's sensitive electronic testing equipment, code compliant was not going to be enough.

Aschinger installed a new ground plate and brand new ground wire from each piece of equipment. All transformers and services were linked into the new plate. Testing showed all sine waves to be perfect–the problem was solved.

Code compliance requires less than 25 ohms to ground. Power quality reaches as close to 0 as possible. Aschinger made sure that the customer had the power quality necessary to conduct their specific business. The customer continues to turn to Aschinger for electrical services.

How a space will be used is a critical consideration when designing an electrical system.

A customer recently consolidated several different locations into one brand new building. The industrial space needs to be quite flexible - this customer often reconfigures machinery to make its various products. Aschinger's design team was the only contractor to suggest this solution: use trolley duct instead of the normal bus duct. Trolley duct is lightweight, flexible, and has a lower price and installation cost than bus duct. The customer can, and regularly does, rearrange the space easily and cost effectively. Aschinger's innovative design solution allows the customer needed flexibility while saving money.

Since completing this project, Aschinger has developed an ongoing maintenance relationship with this customer, helping them to keep operations running smoothly.

In this changing economic, companies need to be nimble and adjust to client needs as they arise.

When developers planned a downtown St. Louis residential tower in 2005, they envisioned high end condos with the best of finishes, including fixtures and lighting design. As the market for real estate has cooled, they have had to cut back on their original budget. Aschinger Electric has been a trusted partner throughout the process. Solutions have included retrofitting existing lighting fixtures, outfitting high-end new fixtures with cost effective finishes, and using Aschinger's buying power to stock up on items such as wire when the best price is available.

Aschinger's quick and innovative design team has helped the customer keep the project moving and on budget while maintaining style and detail.

A fire virtually destroyed the central electrical system in the main building of the customer, leaving all four St. Louis locations without power. Within two hours of a call to Aschinger's Emergency Service number, our response workers were on the scene identifying the root of the problem - an outdated high voltage electrical system that had been poorly maintained.

The solution? Replace the old service with an entirely new energy efficient service. In order to reduce downtime, Aschinger provided temporary power through the central location while installing the new service. Regularly scheduled maintenance and system audits could have prevented the fire, but, with Aschinger's quick Emergency Response, the customer was able to restore power and get back online with reduced energy costs and confidence in a new system.

On a Friday morning in late October, torrential rainfall caused a 2500 amp underground feed to blow, leaving commercial tenants on all 25 stories without power.

Within an hour of being called, Aschinger Electric's emergency services crew was on the scene, surveying the damage and seeking the best solution. The bus duct was beyond simple repair, and the lead time for new bus duct was months. The cost to use emergency generators to keep the building in operation would have been prohibitive. So Aschinger turned to another solution - working a crew of fifteen over the weekend, they rebooted the damaged bus duct and ran new conduit. All of the tenants in the building opened for business on time Monday morning.

Through a program of thorough testing and inspection, including use of infrared and ultrasonic analysis, Aschinger's TEGG team has since identified and solved several problems before the customer experienced further electrical system failures.