Uniformat D3030

Evaporative condenser

An evaporative condenser lasts about 25 years, the median of 2 published sources, which all state 25 years.

Also listed as ice plant condenser, condenser

• Confidence C
• Version 0.5.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. One stated life so far; the band will widen as sources are added.

Work out when yours is due for replacement

Basis

• 25 years · Amherstburg: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, Appendix A: TCA Categories, Life Years, and Thresholds, p8 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page. Both rows are arena refrigeration condensers; neither says evaporative.
• 25 years · Orillia: 4.1.8.1 Tangible Capital Assets Policy Manual, p19 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

13 tasks in 1 work order.

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
12. 12Annual

Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.

Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
• Written for GSA contracted O&M in US federal buildings; job plans are generic and defer to manufacturer instructions, and the fire extinguisher plans only point to NFPA 10.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Evaporative condenser, v0.5.0. https://unfinished.one/c/evaporative-condenser/v/0.5.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_evaporative_condenser_0_5_0,
  title = {Evaporative condenser},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.5.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/evaporative-condenser/v/0.5.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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