Photogrammetry Books

This last solar Pv project was an eye opener for me. Every inspection seems to bring more insight and I am able to diagnose issues with more depth. Recently with new AI tools coming to existence I am seeing the possibilities of doing different workloads myself. I have certification from

Tesla Super Charging Station

Choy bought a Tesla Y. If I'm not mistaken it is the all wheel drive that has 6 seats, 2 in the front, 2 captain seats in the middle and 2 in the back. He said the car is 6 inches longer than your standard Tesla Y. I

Thermal Drone inspection Nuevasol Oct 8, 2026

We made another visit to the Nuevasol Solar Farm, a 42MWDC/ 33MWAC system covering 40 hectares. It felt like this time the feeling of the inspection was different. This time we had the chance to spend time inside the control room and dive deeper in the workings of the plant.

Helping Someone in Reliability

Recently I met with a fellow AMRPP member, Jayson Carganilla. He is in between jobs but he is doing side work of making a Root Cause Analysis failure report of a motor shaft. He has experience in the petro and gas industry, specializing in corrosion control and reliability. Currently 48

Update on activities in AMRPP

Although it has been a slow start in fulfilling my responsibilities as a Core member of AMRPP, I have made some progress in laying foundational knowledge down in the google drive. Since this Google drive is a "living document" there is really no way of knowing how this

Anti-Oxide treatment on electrical connections

I saw this Youtube channel called Cursed Controls where the guy was using this goop on his electrical connections. This goop was called KOPR Shield is a conductive grease loaded with copper particles. It's main use is to prevent oxidation and corrosion and improve long term electrical connections.

I've been invited to join

I've received this email inviting to become a CoP champion for Condition Based Maintenance. I think this happened due to my conversation with Wins Bernal. My honest thoughts about this: I don't think I am worthy of this position, where I am now. I may be

MCSA: MotorDoc EMPOWER system

I just got back from San Francisco and had this waiting for me. I have been thinking about this for over a year and am thankful that it wasn't as expensive as I thought. When Howard Penrose said that it would be roughly under $10K, I had to

Palisades Pump System

One day I heard a loud roar when leaving the B2 garage. I walked down and found out that it was the pump. The pump pushes water

Rockwell Power Plant Misalignment Secondary 4B pump 5.28.2026

We had a FLUKE representative come in to show us Laser Alignment and Vibration techniques. He had a Preftechnik Vib3 and I was impressed. I would like one in the future. For 4B he measured the drive end of the motor and there was a high peak on 1X. I

Looking to transition to another company

Looking for another place has been an interesting challenge. How do you leave graciously, evaluating what your true skills are, are those skills on your resume truly skills that can be replicated in another organization, etc. Even updating my Linkedin and resume has been a consumption of time--I had

The Automatic Transfer Switch Issue in our Hybrid Solar PV setup

We installed in January a 5.85kW hybrid system with (2) 100Ah/ 48V batteries. Now that I think about it, the number of modules charging the batteries is a bit inadequate but it can't be helped due to lack of roof space. And to think even further, I

Thermography for MR DIY 12.26.2025

Starting Nov we were contracted with inspecting 120 stores. The first 20 stores were inspected with Choy and myself and the other 40 by me and Bop. Through our experience for each store we've continued to refine our techniques and data gathering. Interesting Finds This is one instance

Cooling Tower Inspection

If you go up a cooling tower, its best to not go alone. There are 6 cooling towers. Cooling Tower #1 is redudancy and Cooling Tower 6 had a blade that failed due to unbalance. So 4 cooling towers are in operations all the time. We had a discussion to

Essential Technical Books for me

Keeping up to date with many fields of study

Just got this in the mail recently. In order to understand criticality rankings, its good to get a good grasp on Reliability as a whole. In the next couple of years I need to have a strong base on all of these fields: 1. Thermography 2. Vibration 3. Ultrasound (All