by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Higher or Unexpected Repair and Replacement Cost When equipment is permitted to operate to failure, the real penalty for deferring maintenance is that a breakdown event is 15 to 1 minimum and often exceeds 40 to 1 the cost of providing normal maintenance which would...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Equipment Downtime and Lost Productivity If water temp from tower is too warm because of lost efficiency, the chiller may not be able to get the temperature down to specified temperature before being sent off to the heat exchanger – this can result in production...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Increased Energy cost Fans have to run longer and harder in order to reach the designed water temperature. If warmer than than design water is being sent to a chiller, then the chiller is receiving water below design specification resulting in the chiller having to...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Increased Chemical Cost The higher the organic debris load, the more biocides that are required to keep the water safe. If debris load overtakes the biocides ability to manage bacterial growth, then a tipping point is reached and the tower can silently grow to an...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hail Damage(just kidding – this is a vandalized rooftop unit – vandals harvesting copper)