Suggested Guidelines for Refrigeration Plant Maintenance
Publisher/Sponsor:
Ontario Recreation Facilities Association (ORFA)
The purpose of this document is to assist Facility Managers, Supervisors and/or Operators
develop a general maintenance program for a registered unattended refrigeration plant.
Any registered refrigeration plant is required by legislation to operate under the Technical
Standards and Safety Act – Operating Engineers Regulation, Boilers and Pressure Vessels
Regulation, CSA-51-97 Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Pressure Piping Code and the CSA-B52-
99 Mechanical Refrigeration Code.
The Operating Engineers regulation requires that owners/operators for any registered
unattended refrigeration plant develop and implement a maintenance program. To ensure the
safety of the public and staff, it is required that owners/users of these refrigeration plants
clearly understand and comply with the requirements as prescribed by the Operating
Engineers Regulation 219/01 and the CSA B52-99 Mechanical Refrigeration Code.
It is therefore the responsibility of the owner/operator to develop the maintenance program to
at least include the manufacturer maintenance and service recommendations and to ensure
such recommendations are performed. Some of these recommendations may apply to one
type of refrigeration system and not another type. For example, one troubleshooting
recommendation might apply to a DX unit cooler type of system while others might apply to a
flooded type of chiller.
Publication Date:
2003
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