(Sanitized)/AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS - (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06505A000500040102-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 102
• Publication Date: May 2, 1966
• Content Type: DISP

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Chief, Real Estate and Construction
Division, OL
2 5 APR 1966
Chief, Engineering Staff* OC
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located at is experiencing
considerable difficulities with the various air condition-
ing systems in use in the main operations building. The
original operations building, when completed and put
into operation in 1959, was adequately air conditioned
with a 30 ton water cooled condenser system. In 1962,
this structure was expanded to double the size to meet
increased operational requirements. A 40 ton air-cooled
condenser system was installed at this time to service
this addition. Again in 1963, an additional room was
added to the above building complex for the MAX--1 and
its associated equipment. A single 15 ton A/C unit was
installed specifically to handle this vital area housing
the MAX-1. Because of the sensitive nature and importance
of the MAX-i equipment, the old 30 ton system distribution
ducting was re-designed to back up the 15 ton unit in
case of failure. A second 15 ton unit has since been
installed to satisfy this back up requirement. The
changes as made to the 30 ton ducting still remain.
2. Since 1962, continually increasing operational
demands necessitated the installation of additional heat
producing electronic, teletype and other equipment to
the point where the cooling capacity of the combined 30
and 40 ton units barely are adequate. Aggravating the
Above situation is the deterioration of the 30 ton
efficiency as a result of heavy mineral scale deposits
forming on the cooling coils caused by impurities 25X1A
the local water and lack of proper maintenance by
aintenance personnel who are unfamiliar with
e pecu iar and diversified equipment used in each of
the systems.
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3. This office believes that immediate action is
necessary to prevent the present situation from deteriorating
to the point where proper operations of the
could be hampered by lack of suitable a r
con toning. Therefore, you are requested to send a
qualified air conditioning specialist to this Post at
the earliest date to:
a. Inspect all of the systems in use now
and make immediate and specific recommendations
for improving them, check into possible re-design
of the ducting for better air flow distribution,
solve or rectify the scale formation on the 30
ton cooling coils and any other problems which
will improve efficiency of the systems.
b. Prepare a study, plans, recommendations and
preliminary cost estimates for replacing all of the
units in use now with a central system; this would
include the two 15 ton units serving the MAX-1 area.
c. Investigate the feasibility (keeping in mind
the economics of the idea) of establishing our own
air conditioning repair/maintenance shop and staff,
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as used throughou that would be
efficiently serviced and maintained by th air
conditioning shops.
4. If additional information is required on the above,
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