Consumer Products
Printers (inkjet, laser)……………………………………testing, failure modes, fire investigation
Solar Panels Installations……………………………inverters, power distribution, connectors
Electric heaters …………………………………………..limit switches, contacts, fire investigation
Coffee makers…………………………………………….. controls, temperature limiting, fire investigation
Toaster ovens……………………………………………… controls, temperature limiting, fire investigation
Battery chargers…………………………………………. power supply circuits, overcurrent protection
Refrigerators………………………………………………. component failures, switch, contact failures
Computers, laptops, monitors……………………. power supplies, batteries
Dishwashers, dryers……………………………………. component failures, switch, contact failures
Electric wheel chairs…………………………………… component failures, switch, contact failures
Ventilation fan…………………………………………….. winding failures, overheating, protective devices
Fractional horsepower motors…………………… winding failures, overheating, protective devices
Laser Pointers…………………………………………….. optical power measurement
E-cigarette vaporizer………………………………….. battery fire, control failures
Trade Products
Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing…………….. electrical and materials analysis, fires
Nail Gun………………………………………………………. battery charging circuits, fires
Gas Driven Welder……………………………………… DC output measurements, performance
Sauna heaters…………………………………………….. heating element failures, fires
Industrial Equipment
Basketball scoreboards………………………………. hoist control failures
Cranes…………………………………………………………. power control, safety system failures
Scissor lifts………………………………………………….. safety switch failures
Elevator and escalator controls…………………. emergency switch, power control failures
Chinese drywall, paper plants …………………… gas effects on copper, silver, electronics
Electrostatic flocking process……………………. high voltage discharge
Inverters, UPS equipment…………………………… design, testing
Machine guarding mat………………………………… soldering problem, connection failures
Aircraft cabin pressure switch……………………. contact microscopy, circuit analysis
Electronics
AC Motor Drives, Inverters ………………………… harmonics, measurements
Time delay relay controls……………………………. process control failures
High voltage power supplies………………………. design, testing, measurements
Scanning ion mass spectrometer……………….. circuit analysis, fire investigation
Electronic equipment contamination…………. SEM analysis, sampling
Capacitor (multi-layer) failure……………………… soldering problems, circuit analysis
Electric Shock
Shock from Wet/Dry Vacuum…………………….. connector failures, cord failures, water conduction
Induced voltage from Overhead Lines……….. modeling, testing
Body model testing…………………………………….. measurement, calculations
Shock in Health care facility……………………….. floor and ground conduction, grounding
Utility Related
220 kV connection failure………………………….. Mechanical and electrical analysis
13.8 kV substation……………………………………… arcing faults, mapping, analysis
480 V distribution system…………………………. arcing faults, system analysis
Loss of Neutral…………………………………………… residential fires
Resistive heating in receptacle………………….. residential fire investigation
Patent Investigations
NC machine tool………………………………………….. computer program analysis, electronics
Computer graphic boards…………………………… assembly language and C programming, testing
RFID systems………………………………………………. RF testing, coding analysis
Caller ID system………………………………………….. signal detection, demodulation, coding analysis
Laptop touchpad………………………………………… testing, x-ray analysis, calculations
Test Methods
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): switch contacts, wires, thermostats
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS): electronic components, wire failures
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy: plastics, oils, flame retardant analysis
X-ray radiography: (static, real time, CT scanning): connectors, appliances, circuit boards
Forensic disk copying and analysis: deleted file location, reconstruction
Computer program analysis, patent investigations
Microcontroller design / analysis safety system, product operation, patent issues
Circuit simulation: grounding, shock analysis, circuit design issues