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Repair or replace?

Name: Blue Ridge Electric Service
Address: 1604 S Loudoun St, Winchester, VA, 22601, US
Telephone: 540-662-8463

The honest answer depends on horsepower, hours, what failed, and what the motor cost new. Put in what you know and get a straight lean — then ask us for both numbers.

HorsepowerHours it runs per yearOne shift ≈ 2,000 · two shifts ≈ 4,000 · continuous = 8,760

What failed

Bearing / noise / vibrationWinding burned or groundedWater or contaminationNot sure yet

Efficiency class on the nameplate

Older standard-efficiency (pre-1997)EPAct (1997–2010)NEMA Premium / IE3Don't know

Prior rewinds Special frame / XP / DC Production stops without it

Repair quote, if you have one ($)New motor quote, if you have one ($)

Guidance, not a quote

Get both quotes — this one is close.

At 20 HP a new motor is inexpensive relative to a rewind, so replacement often wins on price alone.

Energy / yr

$4,476

kWh / yr

49,733

Premium saves

$144/yr

Estimate at 75% load, $0.09/kWh, nominal efficiencies by class. Your nameplate and bill decide the real number.

Get both quotes from Blue Ridge Call 540-662-8463

Rules of thumb follow U.S. Department of Energy motor-repair guidance and the EASA/AEMT rewind-efficiency study. A shop that opens the motor, tests the core, and prices both paths is the only way to know. Blue Ridge quotes both, every time.

Blue RidgeElectric Service · Winchester, VA

Industrial motors, drives, pumps, and controls — repaired, replaced, and returned to service from Winchester, Virginia. One accountable work order, one evidence trail.

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540-662-8463 lc@blueridge.ai1604 S Loudoun St, Winchester, VA 22601Shenandoah Valley and Mid-Atlantic by arrangement

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