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Stage 03 · Assessment

Single point of failure analyses

I systematically search for the points where a single failure interrupts your supply – electrical, mechanical and in the controls – and show you how to eliminate them.

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Redundant infeeds with a shared bottleneck – illustration, created with AI assistance

What it is about

An installation can be fully redundant on paper and still depend on a single point: a shared busbar, a controller, a cooling circuit or a cable route. Such single points of failure often only become apparent when they fail.

I trace the supply paths across all disciplines and check whether the planned redundancy really holds during maintenance and fault conditions.

Scope

  • Analysis of supply paths from infeed to load
  • Assessment of redundancy (N, N+1, 2N) for power, cooling and controls
  • Failure scenarios, including maintenance states
  • Identification of shared dependencies that affect several paths at once
  • Prioritised catalogue of measures with an estimate of effort

Result

You receive a report with the topology, the single points of failure found, a risk assessment and a prioritised catalogue of measures.

Typical situations

  • Before commissioning or after conversions
  • Technical due diligence when buying or taking over a site
  • After an incident, to prevent similar failures
  • Preparing for certifications or customer audits