Premises
| Air lost to leaks | - About 10 percent of the compressors' electricity is lost to leaks that can be found and fixed.
- We heard no leak on the walk, so this share is assumed.
- The guidance puts leaks at 20 to 30 percent of the air where nobody looks for them.
- If this is wrong: the reading at a meal break finds the compressors pumping for less than about two of twenty minutes, and there is little to find.
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| Pressure above the need | - The compressors' setting stands about 6 psi above what the presses need.
- We read no gauge and no panel, so these psi are assumed and there may be none.
- If this is wrong: the panel's pressure is within a few psi of the highest set at any press, and the setting stays where it is.
- Each two psi that does come off is worth about $720 per year.
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| Compressors' share of the bill | - About 12 percent of the electricity bill goes to the compressors.
- The bills give one total for the plant, so this is our estimate from the compressors' rated power.
- If this is wrong: the running hours on each panel add up to less, and the figure falls with the share.
- Each point of the share is worth about $780 per year.
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Illustrative sample. The plant, the walk and the footage are synthetic.