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Manufacturers such as Precor are easing maintenance costs with a cloud-based software program which monitors active and idle hours of equipment use. Photo courtesy of Precor.
No matter how good or diligent club ownership, management or maintenance staff may be, no one can watch every piece of fitness equipment all the time. Thus, vendors have been offering both after-market and on-board devices to keep track of hours of use and wear-and-tear on devices throughout clubs. These offerings are helping with energy savings, lowered maintenance costs and protection from liability from accidents that happen due to equipment malfunction.
One such device that became available in July is the treadmill saver by The Green Fitness Equipment Co., Del Mar, CA. The treadmill saver is about the size of a large hockey puck and plugs into a treadmill at its base, measuring both hours of use and amperage drawn by the equipment. The device is essentially a lighted warning system that goes from green (the treadmill is drawing relatively low amperage and is fine) up through red, indicating that a treadmill is pulling so much amperage that it should be shut down so maintenance staff can assess the problem.
Justin Hai, president of Green Fitness, says the device saves club owners money in more than one way. The energy savings alone can be enough to offset a single device?s $249 purchase price, he says, simply by making sure treadmills are not pulling 12 amps or 15 amps when normal usage only requires up to 5 or 8. Treadmill savers also give club staff and maintenance workers a quick and easy way to see which machines to watch.
?Everyone gets the traffic light concept,? Hai says. ?If you see a red light, time to go see what is wrong with that treadmill. If it?s green, you?re good to go.?
Treadmill savers also alert everyone to a potential treadmill problem before it can become a crisis or disaster, Hai says. He cites examples of worn treads or belts, arced power cords and even a bottle cap being stuck in the tread.
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