Cold water booster unit replacement solves reliability issues

When Pressboost attended a school in the Northwest of England which had suffered a water outage, the company was able to restore the water supply. However, given the obsolescence of the cold-water booster unit which had caused the outage, the client wanted to explore replacement options rather than attempting modifications of the set.

In recent years, the existing cold water booster unit has begun to fail increasingly often. The pumps had been repaired but the set had been superseded by more modern equipment. Furthermore, this set was designed in a master/slave configuration. This was a significant issue for a critical building like a school, as when the master inverter failed, it caused water outages. The set had also been reduced to two pumps some time earlier when a pump was removed and not refitted.

Given the previous control issues the client wanted something with inbuilt reliability. A Stuart Turner MAB booster was selected for the project as the manufacturer is known to engineer out single points of failure wherever possible. The MAB booster set specified in this project comes with multiple pressure transducers, multiple pump accumulator vessels and three master inverter drives. The control panel provides the client with much more usability with a clear controller and hand/off/auto switches for each pump. Coupled with the build quality of the Stuart Turner booster sets it meant they were the ideal solution.

All works were carried out on the first Saturday of a half term to provide minimal disruption to the school.www.pressboost.co.uk