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Seasonal Shutdown Instructions
Tower–Drain all tower piping.
During shutdown, follow recommendations in the
Cooling Tower Inspection
and Maintenance
section of this manual before attempting repairs. Apply
protective coating as required to all metal parts. Particular attention should be
given to mechanical equipment supports, drive shaft and drive shaft guards.
Mechanical Equipment:
Gear motor – Downtime for 3 months or less.
1. Follow the manufacturer's instruction for shutdown instructions.
2. Check the oil level and if necessary remove any condensation water.
3. Consider the gear motor space heater option
Gear motor – Downtime for 3 months or more.
1. Follow the manufacturer's instruction for shutdown instructions.
2. If the motors do not have space heaters, operate mechanical equipment
one hour each week.
3. Do not start the motor without determining that there will be no interference
with free rotation of the fan drive.
4. At startup, operate mechanical equipment one hour or until oil is warm, then
shut the equipment down. Drain the oil and refill with new oil.
5. Refer to manufacturer’s Gear Motor IOM manual for instruction on changing
oil.
Refer to the Downtime Instruction User Manual for downtime exceeding six
months. If shutdown period is longer than seasonal, contact your Marley sales
representative for additional information.
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