Lubrication
Don’t get burned
Rebuilt Controls: The Facts video is free to facilities managers. Featuring interviews with contractors and industry experts, the 15-min video outlines the critical differences between OEM burner boiler controls and independently rebuilt controls.
Measure viscosity onsite
Model 52DV digital viscometer measures the viscosity of lubrication oils in the range of 20-680 cSt. The viscometer includes a low power setting for use with oils having a 10-cSt viscosity. CSI www.compsys.com
Assembly pastes
Grease-like lubricants having high solids content for nondamaging assembly, disassembly, and breakin of components are the subject of a 16-p catalog.
Posters aid HVAC troubleshooting
Free air conditioning and heating posters provide information and training. The air conditioning poster features over 15 test points involving pressure, temperature, and electrical measurements.
Getting oil into small places
Moly pene-lube is a disassembly aid for heavy equipment, threaded fasteners, and devices that see infrequent service or long maintenance schedules.
Solid lubricant outlasts bearing greases
MicroPoly porous, oil-filled polymer releases lubricant during bearing operation and requires little cleanup or maintenance. The solid lubricant outlasts oil-based greases 2 - 12 times and is available in formulas that are FDA and USDA compliant. PhyMet
Will your BAS be working in the year 2000?
Like many other plant systems, BASs are susceptible to year 2000 time and date malfunctions. Although products shipped today may be ready to handle the next century, systems already in place may not be.
Monitor measures five combustion gases
Model 8750 CombuCheck measures CO, O(sub 2), NO, NO(sub 2), or SO(sub 2). The unit has a built-in pump to provide fast response to changes in gas concentration.
It’s getting chilly
Apache CB-2 multigas HVAC and refrigeration service kit is used for nitrogen and CO(sub 2). It purges oxygen from refrigerant lines, leak tests line sets, and cleans everything from condenser coils to condensate drain lines.
What to do with a well-meaning joker?
No one is perfect, right? Instrument Repairman Bud Fallon seemed intent on proving this premise. Bud's a nice guy, friendly, cheerful, well liked. But on the minus side he can be, to put it kindly, a pest.
