While preparing your educational or health care facility for winter heating season, it is wise to begin preventive maintenance on the air conditioning system. By doing so, you will save money, time and energy, protect against major system failures, improve operating efficiency, extend equipment life and reduce downtime, improving your system's life cycle and reliability. View a building's HVAC system as a total system, not as separate pieces of equipment. All the equipment that comprises an HVAC system are interdependent. Neglecting to repair a small problem when it is identified can lead to larger problems down the line.
Preventive maintenance is the best way to avoid potential system failure.
Winter Preparation Facility managers need to take the time to prepare their air conditioning systems for the upcoming operating season by adhering to the following preventive maintenance guidelines. Begin by isolating the chiller system and converting to heat. At this point it is advisable to have experienced technicians with proper equipment to remove condenser water box heads, inspect the condition of tubes and clean them. It is sometimes advisable to have water treatment personnel present to evaluate the condition of the tubes to assure that the water treatment is effective. In addition, the performance of eddy current and infrared testing to identify problems which commonly cause heat exchanger and tube failures is recommended.