RELIABILITY-BASED MAINTENANCE QP ELECTRICAL BOWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS: A PANACEA TO ERRATIC POWER SUPPLY IN ABUJA ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY

Abstract

This paper discusses maintenance and maintenance strategies with specific reference to Run-to-Failure maintenance; preventive (scheduled) maintenance; predictive (condition-based) maintenance. It also discussed the need for reliability-based maintenance as well as its intricacies reflecting on ita principles and potential questions. It enumerated the advantages of reliability-based maintenance which include among others: Rapid drop in maintenance cost; drop on downtime; better control on asset management and lifetime expectancy. It was recommended among others that: The strategic management of Electricity Distribution Companies should as a matter of urgency embrace and direct technical staff supervisors to adopt the tenets of reliability-based maintenance as the most efficient maintenance practice Management of Electricity Distribution Companies should organize capacity building for technical staff supervisors on the effective and efficient implementation of the reliability-based maintenance approach.