Volume 2026111| November 11, 2026

The Watch Never Ends A Veterans Day Message

Happy Veterans Day from MotorDoc

Table of Contents:

From the MotorDoc: A Veterans Day Message
MotorDoc and Other Podcast Updates and Articles
EMPATH Versions 9.0 and 9.1 Demonstration Videos
MotorDoc Music - Industry Based Music and Videos
EMPOWER Technologies
The new EMPOWER 3.1.1 Release
ESA/MCSA Case Study Contest for EPRI and CIGRE Projects
What on Earth is MotorDocAI?

The Watch Never Ends

A Veterans Day Message

To all of our readers who have served in the United States Armed Forces, Happy Veterans Day!

Whether your service was recent or decades ago, whether you served in peacetime or during conflict, and regardless of your branch of service, this day is about recognizing you and the commitment you made.

For many of us, military service was more than a period of our lives. It helped shape who we became, the friendships we made, the challenges we faced, and the paths we followed after leaving the service.

As a Navy veteran, I often reflect on the experiences and people who influenced my life. Some memories are serious, others humorous, and a few are probably better left as sea stories! But the lessons and relationships remain long after the uniform comes off.

Over the past three years, fellow Navy veteran Bryan Bieschke and I have shared many of those experiences with Greg Christensen through Maintenance Sea Stories on CMMS Radio. Those conversations have reminded me just how much our military experiences continue to influence our lives and careers.

This year, we also explored those themes through two MotorDoc Music videos.

Still Turning reflects on the journey from military service into civilian life and the opportunities, challenges, and contributions that follow.

The Watch Never Ends, created especially for Veterans Day 2026, celebrates the resilience, dedication, and lifelong contributions of those who have served.

Both share a simple message:

You can take off the uniform, but the lessons remain.

Veterans take many different paths after their military service. Some enter the skilled trades, engineering, maintenance, or business. Others pursue education, public service, or entirely different careers. Whatever direction life takes, our experiences become part of the stories we carry forward.

On this Veterans Day, I want to thank my fellow veterans for their service, recognize the families who supported them, and remember the friendships and experiences that connect us.

And to those who served alongside us but are no longer here, we remember them all as well.

The uniform may come off. The mission may change. But the watch never truly ends.

Happy Veterans Day, and thank you for your service!

Howard W. Penrose, PhD

U.S. Navy Veteran

President, MotorDoc LLC

Veterans Day Videos — MotorDoc Music

🎵 Still Turning — A musical reflection on a lifetime of experiences, from military service to civilian life exclusively on LinkedIn.

🇺🇸 The Watch Never Ends — Our Veterans Day 2026 tribute to those who have served. The Watch Never Ends: A Veterans Day 2026 Tribute - ReliaSquatch

🎙️ Maintenance Sea Stories — Three years of conversations, memories, and humor from Navy veterans.

Watch Maintenance Sea Stories on YouTube

Want to keep up in advance, make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, which is the only social media we're using.

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For more information see us at https://motordoc.com or https://motordocai.io or contact us at info@motordoc.com, or by replying to this newsletter.

Sincerely,

Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, CEM, CMVP

President, MotorDoc LLC

MotorDoc LLC is a registered Veteran Owned Small Business

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MotorDoc VLOG, Articles and Podcast Latest Episodes

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Link to four seasons of CMMS Radio's Maintenance Sea Stories on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDAS3reyxTg

What Happens When You Go to the Gym and Leave Your AI Running? Chaos & Caffeine Ep. 70 - ReliaSquatch

The AI That Joined the Band Chaos and Caffeine Podcast Ep 69 - ReliaSquatch

Patch Me If You Can Chaos and Caffeine Ep 68 - ReliaSquatch

The 95 Billion Dollar Crystal Ball: Where's the Evidence Chaos and Caffeine Podcast Ep 67 - ReliaSquatch

Articles

Readiness Measurements and the Human Side of Reliability

What Motor Current and Vibration Reveal About Machine Condition

Relating Motor Current Signatures to Mechanical Vibration - ReliaSquatch

You're Doing it Wrong. Probably. - ReliaSquatch

Reliasquatch: The Reliability Program Everyone Has Seen But No One Can Find

You’re Doing It Wrong, Part 2: Build a Reliability System That Deletes Itself

ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR BAR REAL OR FALSE POSITIVE A CASE STUDY - ReliaSquatch

Not My First Rodeo: How Projects Get Lost in the Weeds - ReliaSquatch

MORE AT: The Ram Review - Reliability, Availability, Maintenance

EMPATH Versions 9.0 and 9.1

Exclusive to Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health News participants. The only system that has led the way in wind turbine testing, including extremely high accuracy in wye-rings, large turbo generators all the way to small equipment under 1 hp. Yeah, "Often Imitated, Never Duplicated!"

Here are the two demonstration videos on YouTube for each one. If you are an existing MotorDoc EMPATH customer, contact us for the update: info@motordoc.com.

Version 9.0: EMPATH 9.0 Software Demonstration

Version 9.1beta: EMPATH Version 9.1beta Demonstration

MotorDoc Music - Industry Based Music and Videos

The Watch Never Ends: A Veterans Day 2026 Tribute - ReliaSquatch

She Knows the Drill: A Tribute to Women in the Trades - ReliaSquatch

Somebody's Gotta Know How: A Tribute to the Skilled Trades - ReliaSquatch

Theres A Story in the Wire - ReliaSquatch

I Felt That - ReliaSquatch

Signal in the Steel - ReliaSquatch

Night of the Living False Alarms - ReliaSquatch

Turn It Up Build Them Up - ReliaSquatch

Let the Current Talk: A MotorDoc Original - ReliaSquatch

My Predictive Maintenance Song: An AI Point of View - ReliaSquatch

Patch Me If You Can: The Sensor Showdown - ReliaSquatch

EMPOWER™: One Platform. Multiple Technologies. Complete Asset Insight.

Today's reliability professionals face a difficult challenge. Equipment generates more data than ever before, yet converting that data into actionable decisions remains a significant obstacle. At MotorDoc, we believe the future of reliability is not about replacing people with technology: it's about empowering people with better information.

The EMPOWER™ suite was developed around that philosophy.

EMPOWER combines multiple diagnostic technologies into a comprehensive asset health platform designed to support Human-In-The-Loop Reliability™. Each technology provides a unique perspective on equipment condition, helping maintenance and reliability teams identify developing issues earlier and make more informed decisions.

EMPOWER™ MCSA provides Motor Current Signature Analysis for evaluating electrical and mechanical conditions through motor current.

EMPOWER™ DCA delivers specialized diagnostics for DC motors, including armature, brush, commutator, and performance-related assessments.

EMPOWER™ Vibration supports machinery health analysis through vibration measurement, fault detection, and condition trending.

EMPOWER™ AUD1 utilizes advanced hybrid-audio analysis techniques to identify mechanical, electrical, and process-related anomalies.

EMPOWER™ CMS2 extends these capabilities into continuous monitoring, providing 24/7 asset surveillance, automated data collection, trending, and early fault detection support.

Together, these technologies allow motors, generators, driven equipment, and power systems to be evaluated as integrated assets rather than isolated components.

The result is a more complete understanding of equipment health, improved reliability decision-making, and greater confidence in maintenance planning.

Technology can identify anomalies. Technology can organize data. Technology can highlight risk.

But people make the decisions.

That's why EMPOWER is designed to provide better information, support stronger technical competency, and help bridge the growing knowledge gap facing our industry.

EMPOWER™ — Electrical. Mechanical. Complete.

One Platform. Multiple Technologies. Complete Asset Insight.

Learn more at https://motordoc.com , info@motordocllc.com or reply to this newsletter.

EMPOWER 3.1.1: Turn Motor Current into Maintenance Insight

Your motors have a story to tell. EMPOWER 3.1.1 helps your team read it through the current they already draw. MotorDoc’s latest motor current signature analysis software brings detailed electrical and mechanical investigation into a practical workflow for reliability professionals who need to understand what deserves attention—and why.

Look beyond the motor alone. EMPOWER supports investigation of current signatures associated with the motor and driven equipment, helping analysts explore potential rotor, stator, bearing, coupling, gearbox, pump and fan concerns. Waveform and spectrum views connect automated findings with the underlying evidence, giving experienced users the detail they need to review results and plan follow-up testing.

Version 3.1.1 expands that workflow with dedicated synchronous-motor setup and baseline comparison, plus detailed wind-turbine drivetrain configuration for doubly fed induction generators. Configure gearbox stages, shafts and bearings, anchor calculations to measured generator speed, and review which component targets can be evaluated with the available information.

Working with historical data? Supported legacy EMPATH imports bring existing recordings into the analysis workflow, with calibration and nameplate information available for review. Automatic noise-floor tracking adapts screening thresholds to the measured spectrum, while interactive peak marking makes it easier to examine the frequencies behind a finding.

Searchable motor and bearing references, saved equipment configurations and customizable PDF report headers and footers help carry the work from analysis to communication. Compare results, preserve asset context and present findings in a format your maintenance team can use.

The result is a more connected path from a current recording to an informed maintenance discussion. Whether you are investigating a recurring concern, reviewing an established asset or expanding your electrical-signature program, EMPOWER 3.1.1 gives you tools to build and communicate the evidence.

Contact MotorDoc to explore EMPOWER 3.1.1, discuss your application and learn about available training. Put your motor current to work for your reliability program.

https://motordoc.com or respond to this newsletter for more information.

ESA/MCSA Industry Case Study Contest

As part of an upcoming industry project, MotorDoc LLC is looking for real-world Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) and Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) case studies from commercial, industrial and utility applications.

This is not intended to be a collection of perfect success stories. In fact, quite the opposite.

We want to understand when ESA/MCSA was correct and when it was not.

To qualify, an entry must include both a validated successful finding and/or a case in which the ESA/MCSA finding, interpretation or conclusion was incorrect, incomplete or ultimately disproven. There is just as much to learn from the cases where the technology or analyst got it wrong as there is from the cases where the diagnosis was exactly right.

Any ESA or MCSA system may have been used. There is no requirement to use MotorDoc, EMPATH or EMPOWER equipment. Studies may involve continuous monitoring systems or periodic/route-based data collection. However, it must be ESA/MCSA or CSA.

The key requirement is evidence.

Each case must contain enough technical information for the findings to be independently reviewed and verified. This should include appropriate pre-repair or pre-investigation data, the ESA/MCSA finding, what was physically inspected or repaired, evidence of the actual condition found, and post-repair or follow-up data wherever applicable. Photographs, spectra, waveforms, trends, work-order information, inspection findings, repair records and other supporting material may be included.

The submitted studies must also be suitable for inclusion in the resulting industry project and publication. Proprietary information may be anonymized, but enough technical information must remain for the case to have engineering value and for the conclusions to be verified.

Two awards will be made on January 1, 2027:

United States Award: One EMPOWER™ MCSA unit, which may be awarded to either an individual or a company located in the United States.

International Award: One complimentary two-day online ESA/MCSA training class for an international recipient outside the United States.

The contest is open to commercial, industrial and utility ESA/MCSA applications. Entries are judged on their technical completeness, supporting evidence, verifiability, value to the industry project and the lessons that can be drawn from both the successful and unsuccessful portions of the submission.

This is a random drawing, and no preference will be given to the brand of ESA/MCSA equipment used. HOWEVER, instrument vendors, distributors or their representatives do not qualify - this is strictly a user contest.

Enter Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ESAMCSACaseStudy

We are especially interested in the cases people normally do not publish. If a diagnosis was wrong, tell us why. If operating conditions fooled the analysis, show us. If a repair confirmed the diagnosis, provide the before-and-after evidence.

That is how the technology, the analysts and the industry improve.

Respond to this newsletter for more information.

What on Earth is MotorDocAI?

MotorDocAI (https://www.motordocai.io) is a collaborative effort by a group of MotorDoc partnered vendors, customers, a university or two, and others related to the use of technology and data science to improve the competitiveness of the companies that we work with.

About MotorDoc LLC

MotorDoc® LLC is an approved small business federal contractor through SAM.gov. Contact us with any questions.

MotorDoc® LLC is a specialized motor systems consultant and field testing. MotorDoc® LLC provides the EMPATH and EmpathCMS electrical signature data collection and continuous monitoring systems and is the manufacturer of the EMPOWER system.

Predictive maintenance, machine learning and AI, root cause analysis and electrical reliability programs.

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