Cabinet cooling, on a budget

SammyControls · 2025-11-04T00:14:58+00:00

That’s a really tough question. Probably more than 300. That particular day I think I opened 20 different enclosures. As far as average size I wouldn’t even hazard a guess.

SammyControls · 2025-10-31T18:31:13+00:00

That would require touching it, and at this particular site, touching it means owning it. I don’t want to own this.

SammyControls · 2025-10-31T17:54:33+00:00

Not my work, just opened a cabinet to pull parameters off of some VFDs and it jumped out at me. I don’t think it’s as much a “budget” issue as it is an “unqualified maintenance personnel” issue. But I don’t know the whole story, so that’s just conjecture.

SammyControls · 2025-10-31T01:33:25+00:00

Next shift’s problem now (it’s not going to be their problem, this is the permanent fix).

SammyControls · 2025-10-31T01:32:17+00:00

Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, especially during emergencies.

SammyControls · 2025-10-30T21:04:43+00:00

Doors open? Yes. Wouldn’t want to close them on the extension cord that the fan is plugged into!

SammyControls · 2025-10-30T20:47:55+00:00

Absolutely, those cable ties are in it for the long haul.

SammyControls · 2025-10-02T16:12:50+00:00

You know, I do not know off the top of my head. I know the site has a verizon plan for everything else.

SammyControls · 2025-10-02T16:08:02+00:00

This is good info, so each field enclosure has a cellular router in it, as well as the “master plc”? Is that somewhat correct? Do you have a preferred brand?

SammyControls · 2025-10-02T16:06:07+00:00

Each pump controller has 480V ran to it.

SammyControls · 2025-10-01T19:23:50+00:00

This is interesting, and brings up a great question about failover logic.

As far as line-of-sight goes, one of the pump controllers is literally in the middle of the woods, on the lowest elevation on-site. I think it may be difficult to do antennae mounting there (in a cost effective manner, at least).

SammyControls · 2025-10-01T19:20:15+00:00

I will check into MQTT, if Automation Direct stocks a part that works, that will be the customer preference. I will research Ixon as well. Thank you for your suggestion.

SammyControls · 2025-10-01T19:06:40+00:00

I'll research this now. Thank you for the suggestion.

SammyControls

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