A Pair of Ancient Carriers
Topeka's Capital City Nissan recently moved into sparkling, newly remodeled quarters with lots of nice new features. New heating and cooling units served the offices but something was missing, the air conditioning systems for the showroom were old and severely tired. They had lost a lot of their original performance. Could IceCOLD come to the rescue? Could the product breathe new life into old systems? After nearly a month of data gathering on the two systems for the showroom, we installed the product. In a departure from normal procedure, we did not service the systems, only ensuring that they were running. The reason for this was to understand more fully the catalysts' effect in a "real-life" environment where systems may not get the regular service they need. One system had a very dirty condenser, the other was just slightly crudy.These condensers were not cleaned and the filters remained semi-dirty throughout the testing. During the run-up to the installation, we made sure that the state of the filters and the condensers did not change with time. We expected that the test would show the importance of regular maintenance on cooling systems. Possibly, the product would improve performance even under vastly less than ideal conditions.
After looking at the data, two things are abundantly clear. Keeping cooling systems clean is critical to having them work properly especially in warmer weather and, secondly, IceCOLD can still work under less-than-ideal conditions. Still, it cannot substitute for good maintenance. I will be delighted to explore the results with clean systems this spring.
