Refrigeration monitoring case studies.
A leak three years of repairs couldn’t find. Eleven compressor replacements in two years, then none in the year after. A freezer that failed before dawn with no product lost. What happened, and how the numbers were worked out.
Kalder monitoring and analytics in the field.
Each case study links to the original two-page PDF. Customer names are withheld.
A hidden refrigerant leak, found after three years of top-ups.
Every service call fixed a small leak, but the rack kept losing charge. KalderIQ kept pointing back to it until a deeper investigation found the real source.
Compressor replacements: eleven in two years, then none.
A pattern of repeated compressor replacements became a series of routine service corrections. The same sites reported no replacements in the first year of monitoring.
A freezer failed before dawn. No product was lost.
A critical freezer alarm before 5 a.m. reached people who could act. Staff moved the product while the contractor restored refrigeration.
The controller went silent. KalderIQ noticed.
When the controller stopped reporting, the missing data became the alarm. KalderIQ raised it before the store’s morning started.
Refrigeration upgrade projects from our archive.
Earlier projects that combined new equipment, controls and monitoring. Their savings come from the whole upgrade, not from software alone.
Costco: a controls and compressor upgrade that kept paying back.
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Longo’s: a store renovation with refrigeration efficiency built in.
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Goodness Me!: centralized racks, new controls, lower bills.
Read the project storyFind out what Kalder would watch in your stores.
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