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Carrier WEATHERMAKER 48/50AJ User Manual

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Unoccupied Economizer Free Cooling Outside Lockout

Temperature (FC.LO) — This configuration option allows

the user to select an outside-air temperature below which unoc-

cupied free cooling is not allowed. This is further explained in

the logic section.
Unoccupied Economizer Free Cooling Logic — The follow-

ing qualifications that must be true for unoccupied free cooling

to operate:
• Unit configured for an economizer

• Space temperature sensor enabled and sensor reading

within limits

• Unit is in the unoccupied mode

FC.CF set to 1 or FC.CF set to 2 and control is within

FC.TM minutes of the next occupied period

• Not in the Temperature Compensated Start Mode

• Not in a cooling mode

• Not in a heating mode

• Not in a tempering mode

• Outside-air temperature sensor reading within limits

• Economizer would be allowed to cool if the fan were

requested and in a cool mode

• OAT > FC.LO (1.0° F hysteresis applied)

• Unit not in a fire smoke mode

• No fan failure when configured to for unit to shut down

on a fan failure

If all of the above conditions are satisfied:
Unoccupied Economizer Free Cooling will start when both of

the following conditions are true:
{SPT > (OCSP + 2)} AND {SPT > (OAT + 8)}
The Unoccupied Economizer Free Cooling Mode will stop

when either of the following conditions are true:
{SPT < OCSP} OR {SPT < (OAT + 3)} where SPT = Space

Temperature and OCSP = Occupied Cooling Set Point.

When the Unoccupied Economizer Free Cooling mode is

active, the supply fan is turned on and the economizer damper

modulated to control to the supply air set point (Setpoints

SASP) plus any supply air reset that may be applied (Inputs

RSET

SA.S.R).

ECONOMIZER OPERATION CONFIGURATION — The

configuration items in the E.CFG menu group affect how

the economizer modulates when attempting to follow an

economizer cooling set point. Typically, they will not need

adjustment. In fact, it is strongly advised not to adjust these

configuration items from their default settings without first

consulting a service engineering representative.

In addition, the economizer cooling algorithm is designed to

automatically slow down the economizer actuator’s rate of

travel as outside air temperature decreases.
ECONOMIZER DIAGNOSTIC HELP — Because there are

so many conditions which might disable the economizer from

being able to provide free cooling, the control has a display

table to identify these potentially disabling sources. The user

can check ACTV, the “Economizer Active” flag. If this flag is

set to Yes there is no reason to check DISA (Economizer

Disabling Conditions). If the flag is set to No, this means that at

least one or more of the flags under the group DISA are set

to Yes and the user can discover what is preventing the econo-

mizer from performing free cooling by checking the table.

The economizer’s reported and commanded positions

are also viewable, as well as outside air temperature, relative

humidity, enthalpy and dew point temperature.

The following information can be found under the Local

Display Mode Run Status

ECON. See Table 80.

Economizer Control Point Determination Logic — Once the

economizer is allowed to provide free cooling, the economizer

must determine exactly what set point it should try to maintain.

The set point the economizer attempts to maintain when “free

cooling” is located at Run Status

VIEW

EC.C.P. This is

the economizer control point.

The control selects set points differently, based on the

control type of the unit. This control type can be found at

Configuration

UNIT

C.TYP. There are 6 types of control.

C.TYP = 1

VAV-RAT

C.TYP = 2

VAV-SPT

C.TYP = 3

TSTAT Multi-Staging

C.TYP = 4

TSTAT 2 Stage

C.TYP = 5

SPT Multi-Staging

C.TYP = 6

SPT 2 Stage

If the economizer is not allowed to do free cooling, then

EC.C.P = 0.

If the economizer is allowed to do free cooling and the

Unoccupied Free Cooling Mode is ON, then EC.C.P =

Setpoints

SASP + Inputs

RSET

SA.S.R.

If the economizer is allowed to do free cooling and the

Dehumidification mode is ON, then EC.C.P = the Cooling

Control Point (Run Status

VIEW

CL.C.P).

If the C.TYP is either 4 or 6, and the unit is in a cool mode,

then
If Stage = 0

EC.C.P = the Cooling Control Point (Run

Status

VIEW

CL.C.P)

If Stage = 1

53.0 + economizer suction pressure reset (see

below)

If Stage = 2

48.0 + economizer suction pressure reset (see

below)

NOTE: To check the current cooling stage go to Run Status

Cool

CUR.S.

If the C.TYP is either 1,2,3 or 5, and the unit is in a cool

mode, then EC.C.P = the Cooling Control Point (Run Status

VIEW

CL.C.P).

Economizer Suction Pressure Reset for Two-Stage

Cooling — If the unit’s control type is set to either 2-stage ther-

mostat or 2-stage space temperature control, then there is no

cooling control point. Stages 1 and 2 are brought on based on

demand, irrespective of the evaporator discharge temperature.

In this case, the economizer monitors suction pressure and

resets the economizer control point accordingly in order to

protect the unit from freezing. For those conditions when the

economizer opens up fully but is not able to make set point, and

then a compressor comes on, it is conceivable that the coil

might freeze. This can be indirectly monitored by checking suc-

tion pressure. Rather than fail a circuit, the control will attempt

to protect the unit by resetting the economizer control point

until the suction pressure rises out of freezing conditions.

If either circuit’s suction pressure drops to within 5 psig

of the low suction pressure trip point, the control will start

adding reset to the economizer control point if it is active. It

will be possible to reset the control point upwards, 10 degrees

(2 degrees per psig), between the low suction pressure trip

point of 52 psig for 48/50AJ,AK,AW,AY units or 93 psig for

48/50A2,A3,A4,A5 units. If this does not work, and if the suc-

tion pressure drops below the trip point, then the control will

further reset the control point 1 degree every 15 seconds up to a

maximum of 10 degrees. The resulting effect will be to warm

up the mixed air entering the evaporator, thereby raising the

suction pressure.

Building Pressure Control —

The building pressure

control sequence provides control of the pressure in the build-

ing through the modulating flow rate function of the modulat-

ing power exhaust option. This function also provides control

of the constant volume 2-stage power exhaust option.
BUILDING PRESSURE CONFIGURATION — The build-

ing pressure configurations are found at the local display under

Configuration

BP. See Table 81.