Originally Posted by
whiteside2831
...Torquing bolts, replacing gaskets and cleaning parts are primarily what's involved...
that is what the apprentice does. is overhauling the chiller hard? not really...if you are trained properly. by my 4th chiller, i was overhauling them as the lead...but i also worked for trane at the time and i was trained by some pretty good guys.
upgrading to the UCP2 isn't too tough except that the UCP2 upgrade hasn't been available for quite some time. you have to upgrade to the ch530 at a minimum and that may not be available any longer either (i am not sure). you may have to upgrade to the adaptiview which has to be perfromed by trane.
as for adding a drive to the chiller...this aint no water pump. you will have to upgrade the controls in order to use a drive and there is a whole mess of things to consider before you spend that kind of money. using a drive on a chiller is much more than just slowing it down (because in many cases it won't slow down).
"Right" is not the same as "Wise".
Don't step on my favorite part of the Constitution just to point out your favorite part.
Just because you can measure it, doesn't mean it is important. Just because you can't measure it, doesn't mean it isn't important.