The above photo was taken at Spadina Towers on October 15, 2018. No promised inspection has been made as of the current date. The filter has obviously not been changed for A VERY LONG time and is almost (if not totally blocked) with filthy debri and dust. No original green colored fabric remains. This Enercon unit is constantly in overload mode in its attempt to maintain temperature levels demanded by the thermostat. Unfortunately, as a result, this unit is subject to imminent failure.
Such maintenance neglect is why Enercon units fail and require replacement. This particular Enercon has not been inspected or serviced for many years. When were your Enercon units last serviced as per the required procedure noted below or has your unit been replaced due to this maintenance neglect? Continue to say nothing and your Enercon heating or cooling may suddenly not be available to you when you really need it! Residents have often waited for many months for replacement.
Maintenance Unit performance is only maintained at optimum levels with maintenance of the unit simplified by implementing the following preventive measures taken from the manufacturers maintenance manual:
– Filters should be inspected at least every three months, and replaced or cleaned when dirty
-Coils should be inspected at least every six months or more often as necessary. The frequency of the required inspection/cleaning is dependent on the operating hours of the system, filter maintenance and efficiency, and dirt load.
It is very unfortunate that promises are made by the Board year after year to properly maintain Enercon units, yet these promises are neglected and simply left without inspections and maintenance until Enercon units fail. Worst of all, residents suffer with poor air quality, insufficient heat, increased energy consumption and the very negative impact upon humidity levels. Insufficient perimeter heating means residents are unable to reside in comfort anywhere near their front windows due to insufficient perimeter line heating where reduced heating levels are intentional. How can management and the Board neglect proper operation of our heating system simply to continue with their most disrespectful efforts to demonstrate reduced natural gas costs only to realize substantial increases in electrical costs due to the need to rely on our BACKUP SOURCE of heating from the Enercon units which do not provide sufficient comfort to residents in all areas of their property.
Finally, upon failure, the Board simply approves replacement of the unit at a cost of some $6000-$8000 plus at the expense of residents. Unfortunately, residents simply remain silent with no objection to this negligence on the part of the Board and management and unfortunately, patiently wait for their own neglected unit to be the next one to fail.
Do you not wonder when you hear management and the Board declare at an Annual General Meeting that Enercon units are simply getting old and must be replaced? This is obviously a most lazy excuse for their own negligence and that of management, for not respecting the required regular maintenance as noted above.
This is yet just another important issue that must be addressed at a General Meeting of unit owners in the very near future. It appears however that a meeting would interrupt the Board members winter vacation and not allow them to be available to address such matters until they are back in the spring. Even then, a Board response to important issues and a General Meeting is likely to be rejected by the Board. Responsible residents will not accept such Board rejection and will support the call for a General Meeting as soon as possible. Residents should be reminded that their voting position on any issue can be SUBJECT TO THEIR REQUEST for a POLLED VOTE which means that their voting identity will be kept private to themselves only.
More often than not, the temperature of perimeter heating lines in residential units is warm at best. Therefore no heat is being provided from this perimeter heating line but only from the Enercon units which are intended for supplemental heat only. There is a minimal need for Enercon heat during the winter as perimeter heating is the primary means of heating. Even in their neglected state, Enercons are being used unnessessarily which will of course contribute to their failure.
Wonder why electrical costs have escalated over the past number of years? Yes, our Enercons are being unneccessarily forced to become our primary means of heating which clearly does not provide sufficient heat and comfort to residents as does our perimeter heating which provides appropriate heating, YES, PROPER PERIMITER HEATING CONTROL PROVIDES COMFORT, EVEN WITHIN six feet of your front windows!. Will residents put up with this clear negligence of their entitled comfort within their condominium, or will they stand up for their own health and safety by DEMANDING the immediate attention AND ACTION of management and the Board to address this very, very serious issue?