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Equipment Start Count

Cumulative number of equipment start cycles. Excessive cycling reduces equipment life, especially for compressors and large motors.

Brick

Start_Stop_Count_Sensor

Category

maintenance

Typical Range

-

Object Type

-

Haystack

Tags

runMarkerstartsMarkersensorMarkerpointMarker

Kind

Number

Point Function

sensor

Haystack Unit

count

Source Units

count

States

-

Aliases

Common

Common Misspellings

start-cout

Notes

  • Motor starters and compressors have rated cycle limits
  • Compressor minimum off-time (typically 5 minutes) prevents short cycling
  • High start count relative to run hours indicates a control tuning problem

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