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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Go Green with Preventative Maintenance

Experience has clearly shown that some confusion does exist over just what people mean when they use the term "preventive maintenance." One significant factor stems from the evidence that a vast majority of our industrial plants and facilities have been operating for extended periods, years in many cases, in a reactive maintenance mode (fix it when it breaks.) That is to say that the maintenance resources have been almost totally committed to responding to unexpected equipment failures. This leaves very little time for preventive maintenance, changing filters, and verifying the systems are working at top efficiency. The effect of constantly fighting emergency problems can take a toll on the maintenance department and the equipment. The lack of proper preventive maintenance can be measured in downtime and loss of production. That turns into dollars lost that can never be recovered.

Preventive maintenance is the combination of inspections and/or servicing tasks that have been preplanned or scheduled for accomplishment at specific points in time to retain the functional capabilities of operating equipment or systems. The word "preplanned" is the key element in developing a proactive maintenance mode and culture. Properly performed preventive maintenance on your air conditioning equipment not only prolongs the life of the equipment, but if performed correctly, will save energy and downtime. These savings will help pay to implement a program for your equipment. The use of a preventive maintenance program and check list will help the service technician discover the small problems before they grow into monsters that steal your time and money.

Even if your systems seem to be heating and cooling correctly, are they? Is the heat and cooling coming on at the same time? Is the system shutting down at night? Is the compressor short cycling? Is the thermostat calling for the right temperature? Is the unit running as efficiently as possible?

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