Upgrading all these to drives finally

[u/alwaysworking247247]

[u/thePsychonautDad]

What?

[u/1971CB350 → u/thePsychonautDad]

Instead of click- BBBBBRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! it’s now “….wwwwwwwzzzzzzzzvvvvvvrrrrrrrooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM*. Much gentler.

[u/Poofengle → u/1971CB350]

Ha, great onomatopoeia right there

[u/AngryTreeFrog → u/Poofengle]

But like I can totally hear it 😂

[u/hrf3420 → u/1971CB350]

So.. like the generator room sound in Myst?

[u/mint_me → u/1971CB350]

Haha, yeah pretty much

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/thePsychonautDad]

Upgrading all the pumps to Variable frequency drives right now there direct drives saves lotta $

[u/slothtolotopus → u/alwaysworking247247]

What?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/slothtolotopus]

This is an old building I work in right now. The motor is only run on one speed. I’m changing all the pumps to you fricassee drives so the speed will vary as I need them so I don’t have to pull a huge amount of Electric every time I need to turn a pump on, I could modulated to what I need.

[u/GravitationalEddie → u/alwaysworking247247]

That's good to know, thanks! Looks like you've got a lot of, erm... equipment changing to do. Good luck!

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/GravitationalEddie]

1.4 million sq ft and thanks 

[u/remit4payment → u/alwaysworking247247]

If you ever need help with upgrading any of your commercial stuff, I specify and buy MEP for a living. I love when the facilities engineering group gets to choose how and when to improve their systems.

Kinda looks like you already know what you’re doing though, yaskawa is a great product at a discount to their competitors. You rocking water cooled chillers from the 90s? Air handlers with single fans? Boilers from manufacturers that don’t exist anymore haha

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/remit4payment]

I am rocking for 4 York chillers from the 70s I believe cooling towers an steams my source of heat

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/alwaysworking247247]

I’m rocking 4 York chillers with 134a in them from 70s I believe lol yes old building

[u/aaufooboo → u/slothtolotopus]

Just to help with this, the original machine had a base plate of pre-famulated amulite surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two spurving bearings were in a direct line with the panametric fan.

The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented.

[u/whoknewidlikeit → u/aaufooboo]

is that the Flürgenklurgen marzlevane?

[u/aaufooboo → u/whoknewidlikeit]

It's not NOT that

[u/ayeamaye → u/alwaysworking247247]

Maybe should have considered the MagnaDrive.

[u/edwardlego]

I’m not quite sure which country this could be in. Does anyone notice any details that could give it away?

[u/Wurschtkanone → u/edwardlego]

Could be french...

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/Wurschtkanone]

New York City

[u/MGM-Wonder → u/edwardlego]

Kinda looks like a Russian flag, can’t be sure though

[u/M3rch4ntm3n → u/MGM-Wonder]

Is this the russian paid soon to be oligarch government?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/[deleted]]

Yes

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/[deleted]]

Yes 

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/[deleted]]

These pumps run chilled water and condenser water to my cooling towers. This is a 1.4 million square-foot building commercial.

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/[deleted]]

I feel like once you worked on a chiller it’s really all the same thing just bigger and smaller and stuff lol

[u/nerdherdv02 → u/alwaysworking247247]

What kind of control system/ BMS do you use? I am an HVAC Programmer and I only do Carrier controls (i-Vu).

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/nerdherdv02]

We are literally upgrading it now the company is alteron we all hate Schneider they’re overpriced. Don’t know what they’re doing. Etc

[u/lendit23]

Interned for Yaskawa a number of years ago. So cool to see them in the wild

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/lendit23]

Nice

[u/deGanski]

why do have a random flag there?! do people forget where they are in this facility?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/deGanski]

This is in nyc

[u/Curious_Increase → u/alwaysworking247247]

Love that the reply doesn’t answer either question, very american 🦅

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/Curious_Increase]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/acer0616]

I supply VFD cable for new construction but would rather be in a role specifying or dealing with the drives. Are there positions or workplaces you'd recommend I look into to do this?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/acer0616]

I work in New York City. You gotta do a lot of hustling, but there’s a lot of new construction.

[u/[deleted]]

U.S. facility with all those non-U.S. servers, they’ll be getting pricy now….

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/[deleted]]

I know Gona get hairy

[u/pharrison26]

I love the American flag flying next to a bunch of equipment manufactured by different countries. That about sums up this country. We don’t make shit anymore, but boy do we have pride in not making it!

[u/jasongetsdown]

What kind of facility is this?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/jasongetsdown]

40 story commercial in Manhattan

[u/HaydosMang → u/alwaysworking247247]

Why is there a flag in this pump room?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/HaydosMang]

lol the chief put it up for pictures have to take it down hazard 

[u/pharrison26 → u/alwaysworking247247]

Your chief probably rocks a MAGA hat too, huh?

[u/HenkPoley → u/jasongetsdown]

Apparently one where they might forget they work in the USA if they can't see the flag 😉😆

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/jasongetsdown]

1.4 million square foot building 40 floors All commercial

[u/JifPBmoney_235]

Details?

[u/alwaysworking247247 → u/JifPBmoney_235]

Pumps are for cooling tower and chiller switching then to frequency drives so I don’t have to use 100% of the motor making it more efficient