Operation: Respond to Alarms

Displayed Alarm Message

Action Required

 

 

Cooling Coil Coolant Temp

• Check the chilled water supply temperature.

High

• Verify that the coil fluid coolant temperature high threshold is not set below

 

the normal temperature of your chilled water supply.

 

 

Cooling Coil Coolant Temp

• Check the chilled water supply temperature.

Low

• Verify that the coil fluid coolant temperature low threshold is not set above

 

the normal temperature of your chilled water supply.

 

 

Cooling Coil No Coolant Flow

• Verify the flow from the chilled water supply.

 

• Verify that the chilled water supply isolation valve is open.

 

• Check the operation of the flow switch.

 

• Check the electrical connections to the flow switch.

 

 

Env Humidity High

• Verify that no supply air is fed directly into the return air stream.

 

• Ensure that the alarm delay is not set too low. The delay should be long

 

enough to allow the humidity in the room to stabilize after start-up.

 

• Verify that the alarm threshold for the humidity of the environmental sensors

 

(return or remote) is set above the humidify and dehumidify setpoints.

 

• Check the capacity output of the humidifier, and reduce it if required.

 

• Ensure that there is a proper vapor barrier within the conditioned space.

 

• Ensure that the dehumidify mode is enabled.

 

• Verify that the Module is configured and equipped for the dehumidify mode.

 

• Ensure that the dehumidify mode is not disabled because of an active

 

customer input mapped to nonessential lockout.

 

 

Env Humidity Low

• Ensure that the alarm delay is not set too low. The delay should be long

 

enough to allow the humidity in the room to stabilize after start-up.

 

• Verify that the alarm threshold for the humidity of the environmental sensors

 

(return or remote) is not above the humidify and dehumidify setpoints.

 

• Ensure that there is a proper vapor barrier within the conditioned space.

 

• Verify that the Module is configured and equipped for the humidify mode.

 

• Ensure that the humidify mode is enabled.

 

• Check the capacity output of the humidifier, and increase it if required.

 

• Ensure that the humidify mode is not disabled because of an active user-

 

defined input mapped to nonessential lockout.

 

 

Env Temperature High

• Check whether the Module is cooling. Look for a temperature differential of

 

15–20°F (8–11°C) between the supply and control (return or remote)

 

temperatures.

 

• Ensure that there is no concentrated heat source in the return air stream of the

 

Module.

 

• Ensure that the alarm delay is not set too low. The delay should be long

 

enough to allow the room temperature to stabilize after start-up.

 

• Verify that the temperature alarm threshold for the environmental (return or

 

remote) sensors is above the cool and reheat setpoints.

 

• Ensure that the cooling mode is enabled.

 

• Ensure that the cooling mode is not disabled because of an active customer

 

input mapped to nonessential lockout.

 

 

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Central Air Conditioning System specifications

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