Describe the tower, route, and required readings. Makeform creates a mobile checklist for the water path, mechanical components, structure, defects, and completed inspection record.
Route inspection records to Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a starting point, adapt it to your tower, or send the prompt to the Makeform builder.
Audience
Facilities technicians checking an operating tower
Format
Mobile checklist with status choices and readings
Prompt size
389 chars
Example checklist structure
Mobile checklist with status choices and readings
Technician, timestamp, site, and tower ID
Basin, leaks, and spray distribution
Temperature and conductivity readings
Attention-needed notes and photos
Inspection completed and next due date
Suggested routing tags
Completed
Attention needed
Work order follow-up
Ask for a status choice beside every inspection point, then reveal a note and photo field when the technician selects Attention needed.
Step 1
Identify
site, tower, cell, technician, and time
Step 2
Inspect
water path, structure, fan, and drive
Step 3
Document
status, readings, notes, and photos
Step 4
Follow up
owner, priority, target date, and closure
A clearer inspection record
Keep asset identity, observations, readings, evidence, and follow-up connected in each completed round.
Present basin, distribution, fill, fan, drive, and structure checks in walking order.
Conditional fields request description, urgency, photo, and action only for flagged problems.
Keep the technician, asset, time, readings, completion, and follow-up together.
Adapt it to the job
Start with the closest scope, then add your asset IDs, reading units, and condition choices.
Record operating state, water path, sound, vibration, leaks, condition, and readings.
Give each fan, motor, drive, bearing, guard, and fastener a condition result.
Order cleaning, water-path, mechanical, and visible electrical observations.
Identify each cell and route its flagged items to an owner.
Checklist workflow
Define the route, then publish a checklist technicians can complete from a phone.
Name the tower, cells, frequency, components, readings, and status terms.
Order checks, add asset IDs, require defect evidence, and remove irrelevant points.
Select conditions, enter readings, attach evidence, assign follow-up, and confirm completion.
Send submissions for exception review and assigned-action tracking.
Paper vs spreadsheet vs digital checklist
Connect every result to the correct tower, technician, time, evidence, and action.
Field guide
Adapt these six groups to the tower design and your facility's maintenance procedures.
Inspection identity
Identify where, when, and by whom the inspection was completed.
Basin and water path
Separate basin, blockage, distribution, and deterioration results.
Fan and drive
Keep observations distinct from instrument readings.
Structure and surroundings
Record the exact location and attach evidence for visible issues.
Readings and observations
Use labeled number fields and allow Not taken with a reason.
Exceptions and completion
Collect evidence and handoff details only when a point needs attention.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for facilities technicians and maintenance leads building a repeatable digital inspection record.
Include asset identity, technician, timestamp, operating state, water-path, mechanical and structural checks, required readings, defect evidence, assigned follow-up, and completion confirmation. Match the points to the tower and site procedures.
The interval depends on the equipment, season, manufacturer information, facility program, and local requirements. Use separate routine, detailed, startup, and shutdown checklists when their schedules differ.
Yes. Share the published link, arrange checks in walking order, keep choices short, and reveal notes or photos only for exceptions.
Yes. Add tower and cell dropdowns or a repeatable cell section. Keep the asset ID on every record so readings and defects stay attached to the equipment.
Use Pass, Attention needed, and Not applicable. For attention items, require the symptom, location, photo, urgency, action, owner, work-order reference, and target date.
Yes. Add labeled number fields and units for procedure-defined readings. Use system-specific ranges and allow Not taken with an explanation.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and use the checklist without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
No. It records your route but does not determine procedures, limits, or service decisions. Review it against manufacturer information, site procedures, and applicable requirements before use.
Replace scattered tower notes with one complete record.
