Uniformat D3030

Ice plant brine chiller

An ice plant brine chiller lasts about 25 years, the median of 2 published sources, which state 20–30 years.

Also listed as brine chiller, ice plant chiller

• Confidence C
• Version 0.2.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

Work out when yours is due for replacement

Basis

• 20 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. Greater Napanee's row says chillers next to rink piping without saying brine; Amherstburg's names brine chillers among other arena items.
• 30 years · Greater Napanee: By-law 2012-11, Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Appendix B Asset Useful Lives, p16 (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

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
• No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Ice plant brine chiller, v0.2.0. https://unfinished.one/c/ice-plant-brine-chiller/v/0.2.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_ice_plant_brine_chiller_0_2_0,
  title = {Ice plant brine chiller},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.2.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/ice-plant-brine-chiller/v/0.2.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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