As the winter begins to creep in and temperatures start to drop, the proper maintenance and cleaning of chiller systems after shutdown can help avoid future problems.
“Our experience is that being proactive and taking a look at the chiller system in the early winter lead to better results in the spring when it’s time to start up the system again,” says Tim Kane, president and CEO of Goodway Technologies, a company that engineers and builds maintenance solutions for commercial HVAC systems. “Performing chiller maintenance as early in the winter as possible gives facility managers the benefit of finding major damage with plenty of time to fix the problems before the chiller needs to be back in operation.” Delaying maintenance, Kane says, can lead to more repair costs and lost production time.