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Thermal Edge | How to Complete Thermal Management Calculations for Outdoor Electrical Enclosures4/15/2021 The pervasive use of electronics in control systems requires not only technical maintenance of functionality and software, but it raises the priority of temperature control inside electrical enclosures to the top of your to-do list.
You will need to develop a plan for cooling inside the enclosure to properly maintain the right operating temperature or you will increase the risk of system failures. Before you select a system to control temperature, calculate and understand the capacity your outdoor electrical enclosure requires. Read More When you require enclosure cooling for your sensitive electronic equipment, dealing with the outdoor elements can complicate things slightly. Without the constant ambient environment present as in most indoor facilities or the shelter provided by the building to shield the enclosure from precipitation and other outdoor elements, the enclosure can be subjected to much more extreme conditions when placed outdoors. Here are some things to keep in mind when planning and designing your electrical enclosure cooling system to be located outdoors.
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Summer is around the corner! Are you ready? Learn how to select the right cooling method for your application needs. Selecting a cooling system for an electrical enclosure is an important task that is not always as simple as it might seem. The consequences of choosing the wrong system often result in long-term maintenance issues or equipment failure. Thus, taking the time to make an informed choice in selecting an electrical enclosure cooling system is important. To help you select the most efficient cooling system based on your needs, we have created this white paper. In this whitepaper, we help you determine:
Valuable electronic equipment housed inside an electrical cabinet is typically protected from water, dirt, and dust. However, this is not enough to defend it from two other important potentially harmful threats: moisture and overheating. Heat and moisture are the two biggest enemies of electrical equipment, potentially leading to malfunction, failure, and a shorter equipment life.
Adding an enclosure air conditioner can help prevent electronic equipment failure and ensure that your valuable systems work flawlessly and have a longer life span. Thermal Edge | The Importance of Quality Cooling for Electrical Enclosures in Hot Environments7/23/2019
The components inside an electrical enclosure must be protected from both the heat they generate and the heat from the surrounding environment. In hotter environments, whether they are indoors or outdoors, you must be certain that the cooling system will not fail. To do this, it is important to calculate the estimated heat load to determine the correct air conditioner size. Once properly sized, you must select a cooling system that is both durable and reliable. The consequences of cooling system failure can be much more costly than you might expect. This is especially true for remote locations where the enclosure is not regularly monitored. If the cooling system fails, it may not be detected for a number of weeks. In the meantime, valuable equipment is subject to overheating, damage, and ultimately failure. Read more on Thermal Edge >>
Thermal Edge Inc. is announcing that all orders for air conditioners, air to air heat exchangers, and filtered fan packages placed on, or after, October 1, 2018 will come standard with a 5 year warranty. Twelve years ago Thermal Edge Inc. was conceived to provide the best quality product in the industry, and today they stand behind that goal by offering their customers the best product, value, and warranty in the market. Since the beginning, Thermal Edge has strived to provide feature rich, quality products. On average, Thermal Edge has annual warranty claims of 1%, or less. Thermal Edge believes that customers will recognize the standard 5 year warranty as a tangible benefit. Find out more >>
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Designed to provide nonincendive cooling for hazardous location electrical enclosures, these closed-loop units are ideal for use on systems in chemical and petrochemical, refining, onshore and offshore drilling applications. Thermal Edge Hazardous Location air conditioners are in conformance with all requirements of:
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To the outsider, the food and beverage industry operates in a benign and clean environment. Although this assumption is largely true, it requires that facilities are rigorously cleaned and high standards of hygiene maintained. Cleaning processes include the use of chemical disinfectants and washdowns to prevent pathogens accumulating on any surface. Since the introduction of the Food Safety Management Act, the FDA Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Part 110 was updated and requires that equipment in manufacturing and food handling areas is constructed so it can be kept in a clean condition, even if it doesn’t come into direct contact with food. Read More on their website >>
Almost everyone involved in the maintenance of electrical enclosures has, at one time or another, faced problems with overheated electrical enclosures. In most instances, the obvious solution was to install or upgrade the cabinet cooling fan only to find that it didn’t work too well. Here are some reasons why the obvious solution may not have worked. Read More
6 Ways Enclosure Air Conditioners for Food Processing Are Unique The food and beverage industry is unique because of the need to ensure that products are safe for human consumption. Over the years scientists have begun to understand the reasons for food contamination and why there were incidents of food poisoning. Today, the industry must comply with a raft of legislation intended to proactively reduce these risks. Read More |
What Is the Best Way to Cool An Outdoor Electrical Enclosure? An electrical enclosure located outdoors faces a number of unique challenges. Apart from exposure to all kinds of weather, the ambient temperature in summer is high and the effect of solar radiation must be considered. In these conditions, it is likely the internal enclosure temperature will be elevated and may exceed safe limits unless the enclosure is equipped with some form of enclosure cooling. Read More |
How Much Do You Know About Electrical Enclosure Temperature Control Almost every industrial or municipal facility, such as a telecom tower, water treatment plant, or food and beverage factory, runs on electrical distribution systems and process controllers housed in industrial control panels. In most cases, these enclosures trap waste heat given off by the electrical equipment inside, which causes their interior temperature to rise. Read More |
Enclosure Air Conditioners in Food and Beverage: 3 Things to Know Electric and electronic components used to operate equipment in the food and beverage industry, such as PLCs, motor starters, and VFDs are sensitive to moisture, contaminants, and excessive heat. In order to maintain efficiency and keep the plant running, these components must be kept at or below the manufacturer’s recommended safe operating temperature. At the same time, they must also remain free of moisture, dust, debris and corrosive chemicals. Read More |
7 Wrong Ways to Use a Cabinet Cooling System Although cabinet cooling systems are robust and reliable, their efficacy depends upon their correct design, selection and installation. It is essential that cooling solutions are properly sized to the heat load and environmental considerations are taken into account. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, especially when equipment is replaced or upgraded by personnel with limited enclosure cooling expertise. Here are seven common mistakes that we come across. Read More |
5 Questions You Haven't Considered About Enclosure Cooling Solutions Selecting a new enclosure cooling solution or upgrading to another product can be challenging. This is especially true when looking for both a new enclosure cooling system and a reliable manufacturer of high quality products who provides excellent customer service and technical support. Read More |
How to Cool Control Panel Enclosures in Small Spaces There’s no getting around it. Critical electrical equipment housed in industrial control panels requires operating temperatures low enough to maintain efficiency and reliability. Without a properly sized cooling system, components such as VFDs, motor starters and PLCs are susceptible to reduced capacity, malfunctions or even premature failure, which can result in expensive downtime as well as unplanned repair and replacement costs. Read More |
Enclosure cooling fans are one type of cooling device used to help keep heat producing electrical components from overheating. Fans are unique in that they are considered to be an open loop cooling system whereas air to air heat exchangers and enclosure air conditioners are closed loop systems.
An open loop cooling system means the ambient air enters the cabinet and is passed over the heat producing components to keep hot spots from forming and is then expelled from the enclosure. Even in the cleanest environments, enclosure cooling fans should have some type of air filtration to keep particulates from entering the enclosure.
Enclosure cooling fan issues often go unnoticed until electrical components begin to malfunction and eventually fail. Regular inspections and routine filter maintenance usually help keep potential problems from happening but issues can arise even if maintenance is regularly done. Read More >>
An open loop cooling system means the ambient air enters the cabinet and is passed over the heat producing components to keep hot spots from forming and is then expelled from the enclosure. Even in the cleanest environments, enclosure cooling fans should have some type of air filtration to keep particulates from entering the enclosure.
Enclosure cooling fan issues often go unnoticed until electrical components begin to malfunction and eventually fail. Regular inspections and routine filter maintenance usually help keep potential problems from happening but issues can arise even if maintenance is regularly done. Read More >>
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When choosing the proper enclosure cooling solution, there are many tools to use and options to choose from. Without the right information, it will be very difficult to design and implement a satisfactory solution. Read More >> |
When installing a variable frequency drive (VFD) into an electrical enclosure, careful consideration needs to be given to the much higher heat losses of VFDs compared to other items of electrical equipment. This will have a direct impact on the total heat load of the electrical enclosure and the capacity and method of cooling to be adopted. Other factors to consider are the position of the VFD inside the enclosure as well as an assessment of the maximum allowed operating temperature of the VFD. Learn More