Jay Cee
Hot Rolled
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- Apr 24, 2006
- Location
- North East Ohio
I've been shutting chillers down at night (with machine not running) and was just wondering if I'm wasting DI bead life?
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Does water temp effect DI life??
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TheMetalDoctor
Titanium
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I have no experience with shutting down chillers overnight, mine run 24/7 so there is never a load getting the water chilled when I need the machine. A day off/on cycle should not hurt bead life. What I think would degrade the resin is if you were shutting the chiller down for a month at a time and allowing algae to grow.
TMD
[ 06-22-2007, 06:06 PM: Message edited by: TheMetalDoctor ]
TMD
[ 06-22-2007, 06:06 PM: Message edited by: TheMetalDoctor ]
Hollistergc
Hot Rolled
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- Aug 29, 2006
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- Cincinnati, Ohio
I too do not believe that turning the chillers off will affect the resin life, unless the temp gets extremely high. Higher water temps will affect the time that the machine needs to normalize in the AM though.
KilrB
Stainless
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- Angleton, Texas
No.
If the machines are not running overnight they get shut off or put in stand-by, chillers and all.
Still, it doesn't happen often with the work load we've currently got.
Electricity ain't cheap around here.
If the machines are not running overnight they get shut off or put in stand-by, chillers and all.
Still, it doesn't happen often with the work load we've currently got.
Electricity ain't cheap around here.
SeymourDumore
Diamond
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- CT
JayCee
IS your chiller loop circulates through the resintank?
Not sure how other machines are set up, but on the Brothers the chiller is a completely separate system.
Takes from the clean, returns to the clean.
The resin loop has a solenoid, so when the fill/flush pump runs it opens, water splits from the clean flush volume, goes through the bottle and returns into the clean in a round robin.
IS your chiller loop circulates through the resintank?
Not sure how other machines are set up, but on the Brothers the chiller is a completely separate system.
Takes from the clean, returns to the clean.
The resin loop has a solenoid, so when the fill/flush pump runs it opens, water splits from the clean flush volume, goes through the bottle and returns into the clean in a round robin.
Jay Cee
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2006
- Location
- North East Ohio
My chillers don't run through the DI. Most of them have a heat exchanger so I'm not even sharing the same water...
I agree with not letting them sit down for a month. I can see where that would be a problem.
Thanks for the replies... Just wanted to make sure I wasn't spending a dollar to save a quarter.
I agree with not letting them sit down for a month. I can see where that would be a problem.
Thanks for the replies... Just wanted to make sure I wasn't spending a dollar to save a quarter.
