01 · The C3 EIQ
Protection and measurement
Lands at the main gear, clamps every surge at the service, and reads the whole facility on its revenue-grade meter.
Meet the C3 EIQ
One factory-built system, read from the door
The C3 EIQ lands at the main gear as one complete system: correction, filtering, protection and measurement in one enclosure, installed and commissioned as a unit. Everything the facility needs to see is on the door.
12345The C3 EIQ.
- Revenue-grade meterEfficiency factor, kW, kVAR, amps and distortion for the whole service, live, read through sensors at the main.
- Protection windowPer-phase status for A, B and C, and a counter that logs every surge the C3 EIQ clamps at the gear.
- Pilot lightSystem normal, at a glance, from across the room.
- Door handle and captive hardwareHinged steel door, opened in one motion with nothing to remove, every wearing item serviced from the front.
- NameplateBuilt in a UL 508A registered shop, marked and rated on its own nameplate, assembled in the USA.
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Inside the C3 EIQ
- Three-phase copper busA, B and C, carrying the incoming phases to every stage inside the C3 EIQ.
- Neutral barThe C3 EIQ's own neutral connection, kept separate from ground.
- The C3 EIQ protection stageClamps surges, spikes and swells at the service and drives the protection window and event counter on the door.
- BreakerOvercurrent protection for the circuits inside the C3 EIQ.
- FusingCurrent-limiting fuse protection inside the C3 EIQ.
- Control and meteringPhase monitoring, control power and the terminals that feed the meter on the door.
- Ground barEquipment grounding for the enclosure and every device inside it.
The complete system
Three assemblies, one system, one install
C3 supplies the C3 EIQ, the correction bank and the filter reactor where it is applied, and commissions them together at the main gear as one complete system.
02 · The correction bank
AutoSensing or fixed correction
Sized on the facility's peak reactive requirement to hold 0.98. AutoSensing banks step their stages in and out as the load moves through the day.
03 · The filter reactor
Applied as required
Applied when the system audit recommends it. Where it is applied, it tunes the correction bank clear of the facility's harmonics and adds to the distortion reduction every C3 EIQ delivers.
Three reasons facilities call
The bill, the equipment, and the blips. One system.
Energy dollars on the bill, longer life and capacity in the equipment, and an end to the events on the floor. One machine at the service entrance delivers all three.
Power events
An event shows up on the floor
A blip reads as scrap on the line, a process restarted, a drive or control board replaced early, and a shift spent bringing the facility back. The C3 EIQ clamps every event at the main in four modes, counts it, and shows the count through the door window.
Under a millionthof a second to clamp, on seven protection paths on every phase
- 300 kA of MOV surge protection per phase at the main
- Voltage bolstered at the bus so lines ride through short sags
- Every event counted, time-stamped and held by the facility
Energy savings
The savings show on the bill
Correction at the main takes reactive current out of the utility transformer, the service conductors and the meter. Less current means less heat and less loss, and billed demand comes down with it.
8 to 12 percenttypical savings on the energy bill, calculated on your facility's own record
- Billed demand comes down with the current
- Efficiency factor held at the 0.98 design point as the load moves
- Heavy-duty capacitor cells built for a twenty-five-year life
Equipment life and capacity
The equipment runs cooler and lasts
Heat is what ages a motor winding, a transformer, a drive and a termination. Less current through every conductor means less heat in all of it, so the equipment reaches its full rated life and the capacity the reactive current was holding comes back at the service.
15 to 25 percenttypically less heat in conductors, transformers and switchgear
- Motors, drives, boards and lighting reach their full rated life
- Capacity returned at the transformer and switchgear
- Value on the capital and maintenance budget, beyond the energy line
ONE SYSTEM
PATENT PENDING
PATENT PENDING
The savings, the equipment life and the protection, delivered by one factory-built system at one connection and recorded on the door. The protection stage, the bus, the correction and the metering are designed together and built to one design on every C3 EIQ.
Where it lands
One connection, at the main switchgear
The C3 EIQ lands at the service entrance, on the main switchboard or switchgear fed from the utility transformer, ahead of the distribution. Every amp your facility receives passes that point, so one system conditions the whole service and everything it feeds.
- 1Utility transformerThe service arrives here, and reactive current now stops at the gear instead of riding back to it.
- C3Main switchboard or switchgear, with the C3 EIQShunt-connected, parallel to the bus and clear of the path of the load, on its own disconnect.
- 2Distribution and panelsFed from a bus the C3 EIQ holds higher and protects.
- 3Every load the service feedsDrives, motors, controls, lighting, IT and process equipment, all behind one point of protection.
01CorrectionHeavy-duty capacitor cells, switched by AutoSensing or held as a fixed stage, supply reactive power at the gear.
02Detuned filter reactorsApplied as required, when the system audit recommends it, sized to the service and tuned to impact the dominant harmonic orders.
03Return pathA neutral sized to the unit, on its own insulated factory bus, bundled with its ground back to the main.
04Protection300 kA per phase of MOV protection on seven fused paths per phase, each with its own thermal disconnect.
05MeasurementA revenue-grade Class 0.2 meter in the door, reading the whole service through sensors at the main.
Your facility
What the C3 EIQ changes where you work
Choose the facility closest to yours.
The protection stage
300 kA per phase. 1,122 V at the bus.
A single lightning flash is 2 to 20 separate strokes. Seven fused paths per phase conduct together, so the C3 EIQ carries the whole flash and stays in service through it. The path count is the same on a 400 ampere service and a 3,000 ampere service.
7redundant paths per phase, each with its own fuse and thermal disconnect
<5 nsresponse, conducting on the rising front of the event
4 modesline to line, line to neutral, line to ground and neutral to ground
Lifetimereplacement of the protection modules at no charge
| Equipment class | Rated withstand | C3 EIQ delivers | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| I, electronics | 1,500 V | 1,122 V | 25% |
| II, equipment | 2,500 V | 1,122 V | 55% |
| III, distribution | 4,000 V | 1,122 V | 72% |
| IV, service entrance | 6,000 V | 1,122 V | 81% |
Voltage delivered at the C3 EIQ bus bar on an ANSI/IEEE C62.41.2 Category C, 10 kA 8/20 microsecond event. Rated impulse withstand per IEC 60664-1, 150 to 300 volts to earth, covering 208Y/120 and 480Y/277 services. Type 2 SPD, UL 1449 5th Edition Listed.
Surges and spikesClamped at the main with EMI and RFI filtering, 1,122 V delivered at the bus.
Utility capacitor switchingThe correction branch meets the ring as an inductive path where the reactors are applied, and it arrives damped.
SwellsVaristors rated 346 V on a 277 V system carry the protection stage through a long-duration swell.
Sags and flickerThe bus stands higher, and motor reacceleration is supplied at the gear.
Neutral to groundClamped at the bus at 120 kA, over the bundled neutral and ground return.
AutoSensing
It reads your load and holds 0.98
The controller senses the reactive requirement interval by interval and calls the stages that hold the design point as your load moves through the day, the week and the season.
It rotates the cell groupsAn hour on 1 2 3 4, then 5 6 7 8, then 1 3 5 7, so wear spreads across every cell and each one reaches its full life.
Sized on your peakC3 sizes the bank from the peak reactive requirement in your own metered record, so it is present at the step that sets billed demand.
Generator readyA transfer switch contact releases the bank when the generator takes load and re-enables it on return. Protection, return path and metering stay in circuit through the run.
AUTOSENSING · CELL ROTATIONHOUR 1
Group in service: 1 2 3 4Holding 0.98
Your bill
Read your efficiency factor from one bill
The efficiency factor is the power factor measured at your service, and it is the first number C3 looks at. Enter the demand figures from one utility bill to see where your facility stands against the 0.98 design point.
The peak kW for the billing period
Often listed beside kW on the demand line
Sometimes shown as reactive demand or kVARh on the meter detail page
Filled with example figures. Replace them with the figures from your bill.
Efficiency factor on this bill
0.900Room to gain
0.700.800.900.98 design point
Reactive power on this bill315 kVAR
Reactive power at 0.98 for the same kW132 kVAR
Correction at this demand183 kVAR
Less current at 0.98, same kW8.2 percent
Less resistive loss at 0.9815.7 percent
Your service carries reactive current the C3 EIQ supplies at the gear. Send this bill with the questionnaire and C3 computes the result on your full record.
Basis: efficiency factor = kW ÷ kVA. Correction = kVAR less kW × tan(acos 0.98). Current and loss follow from carrying the same kW at 0.98, with loss moving on the square of current. One billing period gives a first read. C3 sizes every system on the peak reactive requirement from the metered system audit.
Every event, on the door
Your facility holds the record
The meter is built into the C3 EIQ and powered from its own bus, reading the whole service through sensors at the main. The result becomes a number you can confirm, and every value is on the door.
On the doorEfficiency factor, kW, kVAR, volts, amps, THD and energy, beside the phase status and the surge event counter in the window.
On your networkRead it on any browser on the facility network, or through Modbus or BACnet into your own BMS or SCADA dashboard.
On the recordEvery event time-stamped, every interval logged, 24/7/365, for measurement and verification from the system's own meter.
How it happens
From one questionnaire to a measured result
You complete the questionnaire. C3 does every step after it.
Questionnaire
Your facility and your billing, in one form.
System audit
C3 sets a power monitor on your main gear and records the full operating cycle.
C3 SIMIQ
Every candidate size modeled across your own metered record.
Proposal
The selected system and its result, computed on your numbers.
Build and install
Bench-built, bench-tested, then commissioned at your gear.
Measured result
Reported from the C3 EIQ's own meter, the record you hold.
Built, listed and covered
Built in America. Covered for the long run.
UL 508A listedThe C3 EIQ is a UL 508A listed industrial control panel, built to our own drawing, approved across 240, 480 and 600 volts. Bench-built and bench-tested in Texas, with the terminations and torque schedule set the same on every unit.
Made in the United StatesDesigned, built and assembled in the United States, with every component listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
Federal terms metBuy American Act, Build America Buy America, Trade Agreements Act and DFARS, in every configuration, with a package letter against the named project.
Serviced from the frontEvery wearing item is reached with the door open, and a protection module changes in minutes.
Lifetimereplacement of the protection modules at no charge
25 yearsproduct life, serviced in place
24/7/365record of the whole service, from day one
One systemcorrection, filtering, return path, protection and measurement, commissioned together
C3 project sites
Facilities that stopped living with events
Three sites C3 has served, by company and plant. The written statements came from the facilities directly.
Johnson Controls · Largo, Florida
Lighting failures went to zero
New LED lighting was failing in barrels, and replacement cost ran every month. The facility brought C3 in before committing capital to infrastructure work.
Failures and replacement cost went to zero, verified by plant management and the corporate office.
Owens Corning · Kansas City, Kansas
The Monday morning blip ended
Every Monday at 6 AM, as the industrial district came up to load, a voltage event cost six hours of resets, waste and cleanup.
Line 1 was corrected first and its Monday events stopped while the other lines carried on. Line 2 followed.
Dura-Line · Mountain Grove, Missouri
The plant stopped watching the sky
Storm-driven blips, flicker, swells and sags meant scrap and restarts on the extrusion lines, so the plant shut down ahead of weather.
The weather-driven events were eliminated, validated by plant management and the company's US corporate office.
References are shared on request. Call 833-NO-BLIPS.