Keep A Healthy Heart – Have Your Chiller’s Compressor Inspected

Here we are again in Covid locked down trying as best as we can to manage our properties. While some buildings are hosting a maximum number of residents with mechanical systems working at full capacity, others are idling, waiting for the return to business as usual. We’ve had a season of facility boilers running on overdrive, keeping conditions in buildings comfortable for homeowners, while other commercial structures that have been limiting excessive usage while at skeleton staff levels.

Your chiller was on overdrive last season, under the same conditions, trying to cool things down during our first lock down, and then went right into hibernation. Similar to the human anatomy, it’s unhealthy to stop suddenly from constantly being on the “go-go-go” without experiencing some repercussion.

We know it’s not heart healthy, so we book physicals for our-selves to ensure, we’re ok, or cleanse before getting back on “the go”. Keep heart healthy and do the same for your chiller. Did you know that a chiller’s compressor is the heart of the chiller – if it fails, the entire chiller fails. With our summers reaching record breaking temperatures, why take the risk? Ensure that your chiller can handle the workload for seasons to come.

If you have a centrifugal chiller that’s 5-10 years old or has run for 50,000 hours, it would be wise to have the compressor inspected while it’s not in use. By implementing a proactive BEST PRACTICES approach, you are mitigating a lower risk of equipment failure with higher output results in energy efficiency. With tomorrow’s unknown lock down requirements and inevitable summer months approaching, we need to brace for what’s to come.

5 REASONS WHY Y OU SHOULD HA VE

AN INTERNAL CHILLER INSPECTION PERFORMED

1. Discover some HIDDEN TRUTHS about what your chiller sustained during last year’s lock down and what your chiller is capable of managing in the seasons to come.

2. Inspecting behind the scenes can help save you from staff, retail tenants and residents complaining about the climate conditions. Let’s face it – you’re dealing with enough these days. Why not try to AVOID ACCIDENTAL FAILURES.

3. LONG LIFE – We all seek Did you know that a Chiller can have a longer life-span expectancy? Give a Chiller a second chance to continue cooling your building at a cost-effective, energy efficient life.

4. Breathing new life into your chiller ensures the restoration of OPTIMA L ENERGY SAVINGS and

5. The best for last – SAVINGS! Performing an inspection can gain you savings in the short term. How? By inspecting and servicing your chiller rather than replacing the entire unit, you save money upfront on your utilities + Plus, making it run efficiently and cost effectively, you’re saving yourself the expense of full replacement. For the long-term gain, should you have a 20-year-old chiller that needs replacing, the benefit in savings will last for decades, once it’s swapped out, plus you’re avoiding any potential failures from the old.

DON’T KNOW IF YOUR BUILDING’S COMPRESSOR NEEDS AN INSPECTION?

With a lot on our minds these days, and every day feeling like ground hog day – let’s keep each other informed and mindful of the things that need to be top of mind. Having an inspection completed will give you peace of mind that your chiller can handle another season and for years to come. Be a proactive example and have your chiller inspected before the season starts to divert potential problems and high costs.