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Chiller Troubleshooting
General Approach to Fault
Isolation
Trane manufactures chillers with embedded fault
detection and diagnostics in each module’s controller that
offers continuous dedicated monitoring to record and
report faults as they occur in real time allowing repairs to
be performed in a timely manner.
Various faults occurring in a building’s HVAC system can
lead to unnecessary energy consumption and poor
thermal comfort for a building’s occupants. Fault detection
and isolation plays a significant role in monitoring,
maintaining, and repairing chillers to improve operator
safety and minimize operating costs.
Fault detection is recognizing that a problem has occurred,
even if the root cause is not yet known. Fault isolation is the
process of reducing potential causes to determine the
most likely source of chiller failure.
Controller Diagnostic Codes
The following table assists in explaining the alarm codes
that appear in the remote interface panel in the event of an
alarm. The alarm history is accessed by pressing the alarm
log key. See below table.
Table 11. Interface panel diagnostic code key
ALARM
RESET
ACTION
BMS offline
Auto
Warning
Compressor 1/2 CoreSense Failure
Auto
Shuts down compressor 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Failure
Auto
Shuts down compressor 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Lockout
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Offline
Auto
Shuts down compressor 1/2
Compressor 1/2 Warning
Auto
Warning
Condenser Flow Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuits / Circuit 1 in Constant Flow systems
Condenser LWT too low
Auto
Warning
c.pCOe Offline Alarm
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 2
c.pCOe UI1 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 2 if Low Pressure sensor selected for Suction Pressure
Alarm
c.pCOe UI2 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 2
c.pCOe wrong config Alarm
Auto
Warning
Error in retain memory writings
User
Warning
Error in the number of retain memory writings User
Warning
Evaporator Flow Alarm
User
Locks out module in Variable Flow systems
Evaporator Freezing Alarm
User
Locks out module
Evaporator LWT too high
Auto
Warning
HP Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
HP Switch Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
LP Alarm
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
LP Lockout Alarm
User
Shuts down Circuit 1/2
Client communication lost
Auto
Server modules switch into Stand-alone Mode
Phase Monitor Alarm
Auto
Locks out module
Server 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 communication lost Auto
Warning
System Chilled LWT too high
Auto
Warning
System Hot LWT too low
Auto
Warning
UI1 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down circuit 1 if Low Pressure sensor selected for Suction Pressure
Alarm
UI2 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down Circuit 1
UI3 sensor failure
Auto
Shuts down local cooling control if Module is in Stand-alone Mode and
respective Entering / Leaving Water sensor selected for Temperature
Control
UI4 sensor failure
Auto
Locks out module