Introduction to CoreSense
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs
Bryan Orr
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Trevor Matthews from Emerson Canada joins us on the HVAC School podcast again to talk about CoreSense by Emerson.
Each CoreSense module has the potential to protect compressors. The technology can detect issues like overheating, short cycling, locked rotor, missing phase, low oil, and more. In short, the goal is to notify the technician or mechanic that something happened; sometimes, the control can also shut the compressor off and lock it out. Overall, it wants to communicate with the technician; different flashing codes indicate different sets of issues.
If you have CoreSense software on a laptop, you can access compressor data while the system is running. The software is available for A/C and refrigeration applications, so you can use the technology in residential HVAC as well.
Modern compressors can take a lot of abuse but last a long time. However, they can be expensive and are a total nightmare to install. Technologies like Emerson's can help technicians diagnose and fix compressors before we need to go through the financial and physical hassle of installing a new compressor. When you think about it, buying several CoreSense modules for a rack will probably cost less than a single compressor replacement. While the up-front costs may seem a bit high, Emerson packs the value into their new technology and allows customers and technicians to invest in guided troubleshooting and failure prevention.
Trevor and Bryan also discuss:
- LED light flashing codes
- Tying CoreSense into Emerson controllers
- Scrolls vs. semi-hermetic compressors
- Compressor expenses
- Residential product line accessories
- Zero point
- Performance Alert vs. phase monitors
- Application Engineering bulletins (AE8-1367 [semi-hermetic] and AE8-1424 [scroll])
- Outlier diagnostics
Refrigeration Software (CoreSense Protection, Diagnostics & Performance Alert) – https://climate.emerson.com/OPI/documents/clc/CoreSense_PC_Communication_Software.exe
Air Conditioning Software (CoreSense Communications) - https://climate.emerson.com/OPI/documents/clc/CoreSense_PC_Communication_Software_AC.exe
HVACR Fault Finder App:
(Android) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=Emerson.FaultFinder&hl=en_US
(Apple) - https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/hvacr-fault-finder/id465325739
Learn more about Refrigeration Technologies HERE.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the HVAC School Podcast is made possible by our sponsors. |
| 0:09.2 | And the first sponsor that I want to mention is Refrigeration Technologies. Refrigeration Technologies has been a sponsor |
| 0:14.6 | of the HVAC School Podcast for a long time. |
| 0:16.9 | And a supporter for even longer than that, |
| 0:18.6 | I've used their products for many years. |
| 0:21.3 | If you haven't tried their pan and drain treatment spray. |
| 0:24.8 | It's a very unique product. It's an enzyme-based product that you can spray in the drain pan. |
| 0:30.0 | We use it in a lot of different applications, restaurant, grocery store applications, |
| 0:33.6 | as well as air conditioners and ductless systems in order to treat the drain pan to help prevent that |
| 0:38.3 | nasty sludge, but also to reduce odors. |
| 0:41.6 | We like it for many different reasons, and on the ductless side especially,. We like it for many different reasons and on the |
| 0:43.1 | duckelus side especially we really like it for reducing odors. It is a safe to use |
| 0:47.3 | product. It is rated for use in food prep areas that is the pan and drain spray from refrigeration technologies |
| 0:55.1 | also I want to thank Navac and Navac Global.com Navac makes all kinds of really |
| 0:59.5 | excellent tools for recovery evacuation evacuation, working with refrigeration tubing, and one of their |
| 1:06.3 | really nice products is the NRDD recovery machine. |
| 1:10.0 | The NRDD recovery machine is a good workhorse Recovery Machine. |
| 1:14.2 | It has a digital display, it has a variable speed compressor in it, and it does a really good job of |
| 1:21.1 | not only doing liquid recovery quickly quickly but also really good job at |
| 1:24.7 | handling vapor. |
| 1:25.8 | The speed and vapor is really great. |
| 1:27.6 | So find out more about the NRDD and everything that Navac makes by going to |
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