tropicalization treatment

[nike80]

Hi,
i'm a new member of your forum.
Can somebody help me about "tropicalization treatment"? In particular i want to know in which kind of temperature/humidity range i have to use this treatment.
I thank you very much for your helpfulness.
Bye

 

[catserveng]

It's kind of a broad term and can mean different things based on the equipment you are using.

From my experience "tropical" or "coastal" protections are required to provide protection against extended periods of direct contact with salt laden and very moist sea air.

For rotating equipment this can mean special insulating componds, stainless hardware, filter screens made from stainless or bronze mesh, heaters and fans for condensation control, etc.

When to use it? Well, if you're in a coastal area with large daily temperature variations, regular heavy fogs/mists, regular heavy rainfall, high winds from the seas, then extra steps are usually well worth the money. Of course it all depends on what your protecting, how important it is, and how long you expect it to be in the environment.

I used to work in Hawaii quite a bit, lots of standby generators went in that were not "tropicallized", after the earthquake a while back about half the generators on Oahu "failed to operate as expected" during the subsequent power outage. I know of one case where the generator enclosure was so rusted when the engine started it pulled metal debris into a fan guard, it collapsed and dumped and the junk into the radiator, needless to say it didn't stay running long. The unit was 5 years old, standard paint, standard hardware, not extra care. Another spit the top of it's muffler off.

Hope that helps.