Maintenance Services
The experts at Chloride can maintain and advise on - and action remedial work to ensure that your critical equipment remains operational.
Refurbishment & Upgrades
Refurbishment & Upgrades
Our dedicated team can retrofit, renew and replace equipment as needed.
Many systems include fan cooling, these fans are mechanical products which will degrade causing the fan to become less effective, reducing the airflow and the fan will eventually fail to rotate.
To ensure the UPS continues to operate and does not overheat, fans should be proactively replaced. The rate of replacement depends on the ambient temperature of the room at 25°C replacement time is typically 5 years, and at 50°C fans should be replaced after 3 years of operation.
Capacitors are not static electrical components which steadily operate in a circuit. Over time internal chemical reactions and leakage current slowly lead to electrical characteristics changes, gradually increasing the probability for a capacitor to fail. Capacitors are an integral part of the UPS and as such failing capacitors can cause load interruption and catastrophic failure leaving your load unprotected and causing damage to your battery system.
Capacitor life expectancy varies with ambient temperature, at 25°C replacement time is typically 8 years, and at 50°C capacitors should be replaced after 4 years of operation.
Finally, if a system has been offline for more than 12 months, capacitors should be reformed prior to operation.
Printed Circuit boards (PCB) have a life expectancy, it is recommended to proactively replace parts prior to failure to ensure that UPS continues to protect the client’s critical load without issues. Life expectancy for Control electronics boards is typically 15 years at 25°C ambient temperature and 12 years at 50°C.
Auxiliary power supply boards typically have a life expectancy of 8-12 years at 25°C ambient temperature and 4-6 years at 50°C.
Retrofit a Battery Monitoring System (BMS) into your existing installation, the battery will then be monitored 24/7 and can be used to trend battery health and report issues before they become a problem.
The battery is one of the important parts of the UPS system, without it, there is no autonomy in the event of a mains failure. Battery life expectancy varies on several factors such as battery technology, ambient temperature, and how well the battery was been stored and maintained before & after installation, however as the battery is a chemical product it will require replacing over time. Battery discharge test is the best way to prove battery performance, and when replacement is required, Chloride can disconnect, remove, and dispose of old blocs, and install replacement blocs in line with battery manufacturers’ recommendations, therefore ensuring that critical loads are protected.
Remedial Works
Remedial Works
Extend the life & improve the performance of your equipment. When electrical equipment fails, it can cost millions. Chloride® technicians can quickly identify problems and repair all makes & models.
Repair Services
Our technicians can repair or replace transformers, printed circuit boards, power modules and switchgear/circuit breakers. We can also inspect wiring connections for proper tightness and discrepancies. And we can replace broken or worn-out parts as needed, so you can increase availability and improve performance.
Shutdown and Turnaround Services
Build long-term cycle efficiency with a successful turnaround. Whether you call them shutdowns, turnarounds or outages, the fact is they constitute the single largest identified maintenance expense. Chloride’s services can help you control costs and limit the duration of the problem.
Service Maintenance Agreement:
Chloride provides non-stop support to your facility. From planned and pre-outage diagnostics to equipment maintenance, upgrades and repair, we can help you determine the most cost-effective and manageable solution to ensure your asset’s overall performance, safety and reliability. Our range of services and programs includes pre-outage planning, diagnostic testing and electrical maintenance, as well as maintenance and testing, and post-outage report and feedback.
Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance
Our routine Preventive Maintenance on UPS/Charger systems ensures critical systems continue to operate without issues. We identify and highlight potential issues before they cause a problem.
As the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of our UPS systems, we can ensure that they are maintained to the recommended standards, including updating firmware updates and in line with the latest customer notifications.
Our maintenance regime can be customised to align with your requirements, visits can vary from a nonintrusive inspection to full in-depth maintenance including cleaning sensitive parts of the UPS, checking mechanical tightness of connections and functional inspections of all UPS assemblies.
Additionally, our engineers are trained on first principles meaning they can maintain and fault-investigate third-party equipment, our expertise doesn’t stop with our own equipment!
Loadbank Testing
Load bank testing is the provision and connection of an electrical load to a UPS to simulate the client’s load to prove the integrity of the overall system. A load bank can also be used to discharge batteries as an accurate method of determining battery autonomy. If battery performance aligns with the manufacturer's expected performance, then this will be deemed as a successful test and confirm that UPS/Battery will perform in event of genuine mains failure.
Battery Impedance Testing
The specific battery maintenance to capture battery measurements - Voltage & Cell Resistance - Data is then reviewed against previous visits and trend analysed to highlight potential issues before they become an issue, this non-intrusive testing allows customers to budget for future required remedial works while still ensuring that the battery remains fully charged ready to provide full autonomy if required.
XP Range Maintenance
Our Chloride® XP range are industrial rectifier/battery chargers - rated to explosion-proof Zone 1 & 2 and developed specifically for offshore environments & tough operating conditions. We carry out mechanical and electrical maintenance in line with International standards for Hazardous locations to ensure that the certification remains valid.
