Uniformat D3030

Ice plant compressor

An ice plant compressor lasts about 22.5 years, the median of 2 published sources, which state 20–25 years.

Also listed as refrigeration compressor, arena compressor, NH3 compressor, ammonia compressor

• Confidence C
• Version 0.4.0 (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. Both rows give one life for several arena items, compressors among them.
• 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

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 compressor, v0.4.0. https://unfinished.one/c/ice-plant-compressor/v/0.4.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_ice_plant_compressor_0_4_0,
  title = {Ice plant compressor},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.4.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/ice-plant-compressor/v/0.4.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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