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Btu Buddy 75: Water-Cooled Chiller With Low Charge
Bob gets a call to go to an office building where its water-cooled chiller is not cooling the building. Bob finds that the suction pressure is a little low and the head pressure is about right but the unit is not cooling the water down to the 45°F design setting. Btu Buddy helps him in going step by step to solve the problem.

by Bill Johnson

Laying Off Employees? Don’t Get Bit by Recent Changes to COBRA
The changes to COBRA provide an employee with a subsidy from the government that covers 65 percent of the cost of COBRA health insurance coverage. The subsidy is a nice idea. But as always, the government decided to create a bunch of new administrative red tape for employers to deal with.

by Richard D. Alaniz

Eliminate Voltage Unbalance
Voltage unbalance degrades performance and shortens the life of a three-phase motor. It causes phase current unbalance far out of proportion to the voltage unbalance. Unbalanced currents lead to torque pulsations, increased vibrations and mechanical stresses, increased losses, and motor overheating, which results in a shorter winding insulation life.

NYSERDA Launches Energy $mart Focus Program for Health Care
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced a new initiative — the New York Energy $martSM Focus on Healthcare — to help health care facilities in identifying cost-effective investments in energy efficiency that will improve overall energy performance.



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