22 Mar
2014
22 Mar
'14
6:45 a.m.
Tim,
I work in industrial automation field and I know how a little bit of
equipment can save electronics againts power surge and storms.
Can you please tell me what is the power supply of this equipment? By
that, I mean the voltage and the current or wattage.
A storm can break the control part of the electronic, but not the motors,
which is what is important in a chiller.
There is probably a simple thing to do to put it back in working state, if
you can provide a picture or two (or 3) of the control part of the
equipment.
-Alexandre
Hi Alexandre,
Thank you for the offer! I am an electrical engineer by training, and as
far as I can tell the electronics did indeed burn out. However, I am
pretty sure the compressor rotor locked first and this is what caused the
burnout.
As mentioned in the Email I just sent, we reached the target for
replacement anyway so this is a moot point. :-) The new unit is far more
energy efficient than the old one, which will help to keep TDE running far
into the future even with syrocketing energy bills.
Tim