Cooler Guard is a high maintenance product that cleans wherever the water reaches. It prevents corrosion and puts an end to scale accumulation on cooler parts. AZ has had plenty of the need to maintain evaporative coolers, and K&M Facility Maintenance knows exactly how to maintain evaporative cooler systems.

When businesses ignore the service needed to their coolers, it can add up to millions of dollars to repair and replace evaporative cooler parts, simply because they are scaled up. In addition, the same scale that eventually causes cooler parts to break down decreases the unit’s efficiency and the increase of moisture in the air stream. The pad becomes so scaled, that often it has to be replaced. A basic maintenance product can prevent scale and protect your evaporative cooler parts from corrosion, making them last indefinitely.

Cleaning up deposits in your evaporative cooler can be a tough job and adding acids and conventional treatments to neglected systems can be costly and a health hazard. There have been plenty of folks who discovered Cooler Guard and the rave reviews are impressive.

With Cooler Guard you can count on a product that dissolves the build-up that causes corrosion and guards against future deposits. In the process of preventing corrosion, Cooler Guard extends cooler pad life and provides a clean cooling environment. It prevents mold and mildew growth from forming inside the cooler parts and keeps the units clean and hassle free. K&M is helping Arizona beat the heat with Cooler Guard. Give us call at (623) 930-5490. We service businesses within Arizona and the Phoenix, Tucson areas.

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Air handler units, by design, accumulate water and particles found in the air, which then build up in condensate pans and basins. Therefore, water damage from an HVAC system can go unnoticed until it is too late, requiring vast repairs and even the need for a remediation specialist. Constant cleaning of these areas by personnel is neither feasible nor practical, but can be accomplished by using the right products.

CRT, has developed the following HVAC products to reduce leaks, clogs and overflows. By using their Timed Release Product Line, condensate pans, cooler pads and basins remain clean and deposit free, protecting buildings from costly water damages and maintenance expenditures.

CRT Time Released Products

PanGuard

PanGuard, an independently certified Green Product, is the original, timed-release polymer strip. PanGuard eliminates clogs and overflows due to deposit accumulation in HVAC condensate pans, and is engineered to meet the needs of individually sized units. Once a condensate drip pan has been cleaned, it remains clean for three to six months.

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Algae Guard

Algae Guard is an EPA registered, timed-release polymer strip. Algae Guard eliminates clogs and overflows due to mold and fungus accumulation in HVAC condensate pans, and is engineered to meet the needs of individually sized units. Once a condensate drip pan has been cleaned, it remains clean for three to six months.

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Cooler Guard

Cooler Guard is a timed-release polymer block that contains de-scalers. Cooler Guard protects against scaling damages and accumulation on evaporative cooler pads and basins, allowing users to save on water and avoid pad replacement. Once installed, an evaporative cooler remains clean 30 to 45 days, depending on the hardness of the water.

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Several ideas have been proposed to correct this problem. One idea is to use sloped condensate pans. Theoretically, this would cause the water to always flow into the drain. However, sloped pans are costly to manufacture and difficult to install. If improperly situated, they will cause pooling and corrosion near the drain. Another idea is to cover existing pans with an angled coating, causing it to act like a sloped pan, but these products are expensive, requiring specially trained contractors and extensive downtime.

The Solution: To solve this problem, Controlled Release Technologies created Pancrete condensate pan resurfacer. After being applied, Pancrete provides the condensate pan with a perfectly flat, water-repellant surface that will not corrode. Additionally, Pancrete contains an anti-microbial preservative, which prohibits it from becoming a food source for microorganisms. But there is much more to to Pancrete than this.

The Science: Pancrete is a hydrocarbon, as are most plastics and oils. A hydrocarbon is a molecule composed of both hydrogen and carbon atoms. Hydrocarbons are said to be “nonpolar,” because they have neither positive nor negative charges. In contrast to that,water is said to be “polar” because it is composed of two hydrogen atoms with partially
positive charges, and an oxygen atom with a partially negative charge.

Non-polar and polar molecules prefer to remain separate from one another. Therefore, as the saying goes, oil and water don’t mix. In fact, they won’t mix. This preference for separation is so strong that hydrocarbons, like Pancrete, are hydrophobic, meaning that they fear water. Likewise, water is intimidated by a Pancrete-resurfaced condensate pan. The water molecules literally do not want to touch the pan. Eventually, this causes the water to form beads, as it attempts to minimize contact with the Pancrete. These beads quickly produce a sheeting action, causing them to easily drain from the pan.

In Conclusion: There are many advantages to having a hydrophobic surface such as Pancrete in a condensate pan. Such a pan provides the most complete disbursement of water, and compared to alternative methods, is less expensive and easier to apply. So don’t let your condensate water push you around, fight back with Pancrete pan resurfacer.

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Dr. Joe Serpico, PhD has served as lead chemist and lab director for Controlled Release Technologies since 2004

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Algae Guard is a controlled-release polymer system developed by CRT labs over 17 years ago specifically for use in drain pans. The long-lasting timed release aspect of the product allows it to continue cleaning for up to six months. Algae Guard has a multitude of ingredients that allow it to keep pans clean continously. Just pick out the size of Algae Guard recommended for the tonnage unit you have, and lay it in the drain pan, furthest from the drain near the coil. Thats all – Algae Guard does the work for you – automatically.

Contains high performance cleaning agents to help stop dirt and slime from settling on surfaces.

Controlled release micro-biocide effectively acts on odors.

For use in medical facilities, nursing homes, government, commercial buildings, residential air conditioning units, cruise ships, airports, hotels, resorts, schools and industrial areas.

Prevent Overflow
Overflows due to pan surface slime build up and resulting plugged drains are reduced or completely eliminated. Predictable, continuous performance over 99% effective.

Works Continuously For You!
Just place an Algae Guard strip in your condensate pan once every three or six months (depending on the size) and it works for you continuosly. With Algae Guard, you don’t waste your time.

Guaranteed to Satisfy

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June 18, 2010

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Long Sides: 6 X 0.5 X 2 sides = 0.06
Short Sides 4 X 0.5 X 2 sides = 0.04

For only the sides, you should add the sums together and round to the nearest quart or
gallon: .06 + .04 = .10: A quart should be sufficient

For entire pan*, add all 3 sums: .24 + .06 + .04= .34: 2 quarts should be sufficient

When calculating for Pancrete, you want to calculate in terms of inches. You only need LxW for this. There are 12 inches per foot, so the dimensions will be converted to 72 x 48. Multiply length X width X .25 (recommended depth). Divide that sum by 231 (number of cubic inches in a gallon): 72 X 48 X .25 = 231 = 3.74 gallons

*Please note: Using V570 on the bottom of the pan prior to pouring Pancrete is only for aesthetic reasons. This may help to cover tiny holes you might have missed when taping, but this action will not improve chemical resistance or the actual performance of Pancrete in any way. V570 should be allowed to cure for at least 6 hours before pouring in Pancrete.

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In 2008, Controlled Release Technologies embarked on a massive research program to reformulate their entire product line to conform with today’s Green standards.

The effort continues to be time-consuming, but two of their many products that are independently-certified as green as of this writing. These products are PanGuard® and First Strike MicroCoat®.

What are green products, and what makes them different than today’s commonly used products?

Green products have many restrictions placed upon chemical ingredients. Some of these restrictions include the absence of aromatic solvents, carbamates, phosphates, APEs and NPEs, heavy metals, AMP, ammonia, etc. The list is quite substantial and includes many of the commonly-used ingredients present in most industrial/commercial products. Additional requirements call for no ingredients that contain any Carcinogens, Mutagens, Teratogens, or Reproductive Toxins.

The product shall not be toxic to humans, and must have a flashpoint at or above 140 degrees F. The product must not have an adverse affect on air quality, and VOC content must be limited.

In actuality, there are ten pages of requirements, too numerous to list here.

Another significant requirement is that the product must perform equally as well or better than the products it replaces. This of course leads to a significant amount of research and development time to insure efficacy of the revised formulations.

In the case of PanGuard® , the timed-released polymer based was completely re-synthesized so as to obtain a new molecule that never existed before. Part of the engineering process required we obtain a new chemical abstract number or CAS#, as well as providing data to TSCA for approval. Followed up by field testing, we found the new polymer to be significantly more effective than the previous product in performance.

First Strike MicroCoat® went through a similar re-birth, with a complete set of new components that had to meet CRT’s stringent requirements for this energy-efficient product. First Strike MicroCoat® is also a water-based material, limiting VOC content and insuring compliance with all State, local and Federal VOC requirements. The performance of this product is excellent, and betters the well-known performance of last year’s product.

Why Indepently-Certified?

Some companies may self-certify their products as green. CRT does not subscribe to that procedure. Going through an independent and strict evaluation of their developed products insures that they meet industry standards as determined by professional chemists and those familiar with green initiatives.

Want to know more about these products?

Visit our sales pages:
Panguard
First Strike Micro Coat

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