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ARTC-SVX001B-EN
Chiller Troubleshooting
General Approach to Fault
Isolation
Trane manufactures chillers with embedded fault
detection and diagnostics in each module’s controller
that offers continuous dedicated monitoring to record
and report faults as they occur in real time allowing
repairs to be performed in a timely manner.
Various faults occurring in a building’s HVAC system
can lead to unnecessary energy consumption and poor
thermal comfort for a building’s occupants. Fault
detection and isolation plays a significant role in
monitoring, maintaining, and repairing chillers to
improve operator safety and minimize operating costs.
Fault detection is recognizing that a problem has
occurred, even if the root cause is not yet known. Fault
isolation is the process of reducing potential causes to
determine the most likely source of chiller failure.
Controller Diagnostic Codes
The following table assists in explaining the alarm
codes that appear in the remote interface panel in the
event of an alarm. The alarm history is accessed by
pressing the alarm log key.
Table 11.
Interface panel diagnostic code key
ALARM
RESET
ACTION
BMS offline
Auto
Warning
Compressor 1/2 CoreSense Failure
Auto
Shuts down compressor 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Failure
Auto
Shuts down compressor 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Lockout
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Offline
Auto
Shuts down compressor 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Warning
Auto
Warning
Condenser Flow Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuits / Circuit 1 in Constant Flow systems
Condenser LWT too low
Auto
Warning
c.pCOe Offline Alarm
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 2
c.pCOe UI1 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 2 if Low Pressure sensor selected for Suction
Pressure Alarm
c.pCOe UI2 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 2
c.pCOe wrong config Alarm
Auto
Warning
Error in retain memory writings
User
Warning
Error in the number of retain memory
writings
User
Warning
Evaporator Flow Alarm
User
Locks out module in Variable Flow systems
Evaporator Freezing Alarm
User
Locks out module
Evaporator LWT too high
Auto
Warning
HP Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
HP Switch Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
LP Alarm
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
LP Lockout Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
Primary communication lost
Auto
Secondary modules switch into Stand-alone Mode
Phase Monitor Alarm
Auto
Locks out module
Secondary 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9
communication lost
Auto
Warning
System Chilled LWT too high
Auto
Warning