Moscow Visit
Always good for our engineers to get out of the country to carry out global chilled water system service. He just had a little free time this visit to see Red Square and Saint Basil's Cathedral. Most of the visit was bogged down resolving issues.
Electrical Problems
One of the chillers was pumping down due to electrical problems. One of the solenoids for the evaporator was not opening. All checked out okay with the solenoid coil and valve. Following the wiring diagram led to the relay board. The relay board is responsible to run various components around the compressor. It was not obviously blown and there were no dry soldered joints on the back. Our engineer decided to tighten up the wiring and unplug, then plug all the connectors back in. When he ran the chiller again the problem went away.
Chilled Water System Global Service
As we provide a global service: we cannot get back the day after leaving site. Therefore, after resolving the above issue, our engineer ran the system in local with some of the other systems off to prove it. All was okay. After completing the rest of the service on the chillers, he put the whole of the plant back in Auto to prove it all together.
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Flow Switch Failure during Global Chilled Water System Service
Due to security issues, this one of the most remote plant rooms for a flow switch to fail. The chiller did not stop when a test was carried out. Our engineer did not want to valve off the water system as the air handlers are old and 'dead heading' could cause failure. Instead, he decided to use the Hand/ Off/ Auto switch for the pump. After several attempts of trimming, he got the switch to settle down, then carried out tests to make sure it would not happen again.
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