compressor starts/day

[donato]

Is there any control that counts compressor-starts/day and gives alarms when needed???

[chemi-cool]

I believe any programmable counter or programmable control will do the job.

What other alarms you need to monitor with a counter?

[donato]

i wished a simple eliwell idplus961 could do the job but it can't. but I don't know of Dixell and Carel ; do you know?
I think 'compressorstarts per day alarm' will help prevent compressor failure and will help me be in time before temperature will drop

[Brian_UK]

Most controllers will, I believe, provide a starts per hour facility which is what most manufacturers inform on.

Or sometimes there will be a minimum run time to ensure compressor cooling has taken place.

If you think that the compressor is starting too often then perhaps there is something wrong with the system.

[chemi-cool]

there is a parameter DBI to delay the start after cooling demand, you can always set it for for up to 250 min to protect the compressor.