CONTENTS

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Inspect Water Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Check Optional Pumpout Compressor Water

Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Check Relief Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Inspect Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

·CHECK INSULATION RESISTANCE

Motor Pre-Start Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

External Gear Pre-Start Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Carrier Comfort Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Check Starter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

·MECHANICAL STARTERS

·SOLID-STATE STARTERS

Compressor Oil Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Power Up the Controls and

Check the Compressor Oil Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

·SOFTWARE VERSION

Set Up Chiller Control Con®guration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Input the Design Set Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Input the Local Occupied Schedule

(OCCPC01S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Input Service Con®gurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

·PASSWORD

·INPUT TIME AND DATE

·CHANGE LID CONFIGURATION IF NECESSARY

·MODIFY CONTROLLER IDENTIFICATION IF NECESSARY

·INPUT EQUIPMENT SERVICE PARAMETERS IF NECESSARY

·MODIFY EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION IF NECESSARY

·CHECK VOLTAGE SUPPLY

·PERFORM AN AUTOMATED CONTROL TEST

Check Pumpout System Controls and Optional

Pumpout Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

High Altitude Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Charge Refrigerant Into Chiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

·TRIMMING REFRIGERANT CHARGE

INITIAL START-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-62Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Manual Operation of the Guide Vanes . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Dry Run to Test Start-Up Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Check Motor Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

·INITIAL MOTOR START-UP

Disc Coupling Installation and Alignment . . . . . . . . . 59

·IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Check Oil Pressure and Compressor Stop . . . . . . . . 61

Calibrate Motor Current Demand Setting . . . . . . . . . . 61

To Prevent Accidental Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Hot Alignment Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Doweling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Check Chiller Operating Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Instruct the Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

·COOLER-CONDENSER

·ECONOMIZER/STORAGE VESSEL

·PUMPOUT SYSTEM

·COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY

·COMPRESSOR LUBRICATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL GEAR LUBRICATION SYSTEM

·CONTROL SYSTEM

·AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

·CHILLER CYCLES

·MAINTENANCE

·SAFETY DEVICES AND PROCEDURES

·CHECK OPERATOR KNOWLEDGE

·THIS MANUAL

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,63

Operator Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Prepare the Chiller for Start-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Starting the Chiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Check the Running System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Stopping the Chiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 After Limited Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Extended Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 After Extended Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Manual Guide Vane Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Refrigeration Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

PUMPOUT AND REFRIGERANT TRANSFER PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-67

Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Operating the Optional Pumpout

Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

·READING REFRIGERANT PRESSURES

Transferring Refrigerant into the

Economizer/Storage Vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Transferring Refrigerant into

the Cooler/Condenser/Compressor Section . . . . . 67

Return Chiller to Normal Operating

Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

GENERAL MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-75Refrigerant Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Adding Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Removing Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Adjusting the Refrigerant Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Refrigerant Leak Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Leak Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Test After Service, Repair, or Major Leak . . . . . . . . . 67

·REFRIGERANT TRACER

·TO PRESSURIZE WITH DRY NITROGEN

Repair the Leak, Retest, and Apply

Standing Vacuum Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Checking Guide Vane Linkage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Contact Seal Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

·SEAL DISASSEMBLY

·SEAL REASSEMBLY

Chiller Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

·ALIGNMENT METHODS

·PRELIMINARY ALIGNMENT

·NEAR FINAL ALIGNMENT

·FINAL ALIGNMENT

·HOT ALIGNMENT CHECK

·DOWELING

WEEKLY MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Check the Lubrication System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-83

Service Ontime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Inspect the Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Check Safety and Operating Controls Monthly . . . . . 76

Changing the Oil Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

·COMPRESSOR OIL FILTER

·EXTERNAL GEAR OIL FILTER

Oil Speci®cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Oil Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

·COMPRESSOR OIL

·EXTERNAL GEAR OIL

·MOTOR SLEEVE BEARING AND PUMPOUT

COMPRESSOR OIL

Inspect Refrigerant Float System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Inspect Relief Valves and Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Coupling Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Motor Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

·CLEANLINESS

·SLEEVE BEARINGS

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Carrier 17EX Inspect Water Piping, Piping Check Relief Devices Inspect Wiring, Check Starter, Compressor Oil Charge

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