EDITOR’S CHOICE
PREPARE YOURSELF….
RITTAL
SUMMER IS COMING!
Karl Lycett – Rittal UK’s Product Manager for Climate Control
Winter may have been the focus of the hugely popular TV drama
Game of Thrones but in the real world the mercury is rising and we
will soon be firmly into summer.
Despite any rainclouds that may still be lingering, don’t be fooled.
Summer will bring higher temperatures, which may be good for
the weekend BBQ, but it doesn’t bode as well for your electrical
equipment.
At this point in the year, the alarms on your cooling units will
probably still be non-existent which means you’re spending less
time maintaining overheating panels. However, this is the ideal
time to start considering your climate control, to understand what
changes or improvements need to be made.
In a few months’ time, things will be very different. Fans and filters
won’t be effective if the ambient temperature in the workplace is
higher than you require inside your enclosures! So now’s the time
to assess any problem enclosures and make the necessary changes
to ensure that when summer comes you are free to spend your time
on tasks other than climate management.
EVERY DEGREE ABOVE SET-POINT
SHORTENS EQUIPMENT LIFE
two per cent of that equipment each year because of burnt-out
componentry, then the costs can quickly mount up and it’s an
entirely unnecessary spend.
But it’s not just the cost of repair and replacement of the actual
componentry. There are also the add-on operations costs caused
by componentry breaking down and stopping the processes it
controls. This lost output will continue for as long as it takes to
repair the fault, and is bound to have consequences for your wider
business, impacting productivity and efficiency, and thereby
reducing profits.
BOOK A RITTAL CLIMATE MANAGEMENT
REVIEW
Correct climate control is often overlooked during the installation of
electronic equipment because the focus is all on the equipment, not
on regulating the environment that it operates within.
This is where Rittal can help you, we are the world leaders in
enclosure climate control products and pride ourselves on being
your trusted advisor.
It’s important to remember that every degree above your set-point
will be time removed from the life of your expensive equipment,
including PLCs, variable speed drives and transformers. With our RiAssure service, one of our trained staff can visit you
and provide a FREE Cooling Review. This review is a short, visual
inspection of your existing enclosures and cooling equipment; from
this we can ascertain the next best step for your equipment and also
provide ongoing, best practice suggestions so that your operations
benefit from increased longevity, life and profit.
Collectively, this can easily have a replacement value that tops
£100,000, even in a relatively small setup. If you replace just So before summer arrives, reap the benefits of the optimising your
climate control.
Reduce Downtime
Maximise Profit
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