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Refrigeration Controls & EMSin SW Florida.
Rack, case, and store-level refrigeration controls - Micro Thermo, Copeland/Emerson, Danfoss, and Novar. Florida-wide; we travel.

Context
Refrigeration controls and energy management, done right.
The real energy waste in a multi-compressor refrigeration site lives in the controls, not the hardware. A poorly tuned suction group pays for itself to fix; a stuck floating head-pressure algorithm quietly burns an extra 10–15% on the electric bill for years; a defrost schedule that never changed since commissioning is running three cycles a day when the coil needed one. Our controls work is the diagnostic-first kind - pull the log, read the alarm history, verify the defrost cycles against actual cut-in and cut-out temperatures, then tune the strategy before we touch the hardware. On most refrigeration systems the fastest savings come from the controller, not a compressor swap.
On the platform side we service Micro Thermo rack controllers, Copeland / Emerson (Einstein, Site Supervisor, and E2 - including the sunsetting schedules), Danfoss AK-SC 255 and AK-SM 800/820, and Novar energy-management systems. That set covers the bulk of what has been installed in SW-Florida commercial refrigeration over the past twenty years. For end-of-life controllers that manufacturers no longer support (E2 and Einstein 2 are the common candidates, along with early Novar ESC installations), we do parallel cut-over replacements onto current-generation controllers - new controller wired alongside the old one, I/O mapped and verified, cut-over scheduled to a cold-load window so the site never drops below set-point during the swap.
For new installations we do the full scope - controller selection, wiring diagrams, programming, commissioning, and operator training with a written runbook. For existing systems we also do remote alarm response on supported platforms: rack alarms, compressor trips, defrost failures, suction-group excursions. Most alarm calls resolve over the network without a truck roll; the ones that need a truck get dispatched with the controller log in hand, so the tech starts the visit already knowing where to look. Licensed FL CAC, EPA 608 Universal - the certification required to legally work on sealed refrigerant systems.
What's included
Every job covers the basics.
- ·Rack, case, and store-level refrigeration controllers - service, retrofit, and new install
- ·Micro Thermo - programming, defrost tuning, alarm response
- ·Copeland / Emerson Einstein, Site Supervisor, and E2 - service and end-of-life migration
- ·Danfoss AK-SC 255 and AK-SM 800/820 - programming and platform migration
- ·Novar energy-management system service and replacement
- ·Floating head-pressure, floating suction, and demand-defrost tuning
- ·Remote alarm response on supported platforms; dispatch when needed
- ·End-of-life controller migrations with parallel cut-over so the site never loses refrigeration
What we fix
Common issues we handle.
Alarms going off with no documented cause
Log usually tells the story. We triage remotely first - most resolve without a truck roll.
Can't get parts for an aging controller
End-of-life Einstein, E2, Novar ESC, and AK-SC 255 replacements with parallel cut-over so product stays cold.
Defrost cycles not clearing the coil
Termination sensor, defrost heater, or the strategy itself. We verify all three before recommending a fix.
Energy bill higher than it should be
Floating head pressure, floating suction, and demand-defrost tuning usually find the leak faster than hardware swaps.
Our process
No surprises.
- 1
Diagnose
Pull the log, read alarms, verify the strategy against reality.
- 2
Tune or replace
Tuning first, hardware only when it earns it. Written scope before work.
- 3
Commission & train
Operator handoff with a runbook so your staff knows what each alarm means.
FAQ - Controls
Things people ask.
- Micro Thermo, Copeland / Emerson (Einstein, Site Supervisor, and E2), Danfoss (AK-SC 255, AK-SM 800/820), and Novar. Programming, alarm response, defrost tuning, and controller replacements on all four.
Where we work
Florida-wide for controls work.
Our shop is in Punta Gorda, but we will travel for larger controls retrofit and refrigeration commissioning work.
- SW Florida (base)
- Tampa
- Orlando
- Naples
- Miami
Have a site outside those markets? Call (941) 205-6331 - we scope it case by case.
