Open questions
| Compressor load with presses off | - How many of twenty minutes a compressor pumps air while the presses are stopped.
- No press draws air then, so those minutes are the leaks.
- They decide whether a leak walk is worth its cost.
- Who can answer: Maintenance lead.
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| Pressure set and pressure needed | - The pressure on the compressors' panels, and the highest pressure set at any press.
- The difference is the pressure that can come off.
- Each two psi of it is worth about $720 per year.
- Who can answer: Maintenance lead.
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| Compressor running hours | - The running hours and the loaded hours on each compressor's panel.
- They replace our estimate that 12 percent of the electricity bill goes to the compressors.
- Who can answer: Maintenance lead.
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| Compressors on over the weekend | - Whether the compressors stay on while the plant is closed.
- If they do, every leak is fed through the weekend, which this figure does not count.
- Who can answer: Maintenance lead.
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Illustrative sample. The plant, the walk and the footage are synthetic.