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danr40
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RE: PowerFlex 525 F005 overvoltage every time the fan stops

Pull the old one out of the bin. Nothing wrong with it.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Motor current into a CompactLogix via CTs for predictive maintenance, is it worth it

Unbalance shows up as heat. Put the IR gun on those three when you walk past.

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 STO inputs instead of the safety contactor, panel builder wants it dropped

Nothing. The drive isn't stopping the motor, it's refusing to make torque. Decel ramp or not, the belt coasts. That's what category 0 means.

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 F013 ground fault only on the first start each morning

Water in the box. The drive was right every morning.

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 faults overcurrent whenever the e-stop opens the output contactor

Bounce. The 021 was the reconnect, not a real phase loss.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Motor rewound twice in a year on a VFD with a 60 m unshielded run

Every PWM edge goes down the cable as a pulse and reflects at the motor terminals. Past a certain length, and 60 m is well past it on 460V, the reflec...

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 755 input phase loss fault on a hot afternoon

Thermal cycling. Ten years of hot afternoons does that to a clip.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Light curtain OSSD into a 1769-IQ16 chatters every few seconds, curtain never trips

The curtain was telling you it was working. Every few seconds.

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 F005 overvoltage every time the fan stops

A wheel that size won't stop in 3 seconds.

3 weeks ago
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RE: SICK light curtain won't reset, one beam blocked by the new guard bracket

No. "Mostly" out of a field is an object the curtain half sees. One forklift bump on the post and you're down again, or worse, the beam reads clear wi...

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 STO inputs instead of the safety contactor, panel builder wants it dropped

Then STO is a valid stop function here. Your panel builder is right for this panel and wrong to say always. Three things before you drop the contactor...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Motor current into a CompactLogix via CTs for predictive maintenance, is it worth it

Current is the cheapest useful number off a motor. A bearing on its way, a belt too tight or slipping, a coupling out of line, they all shift the curr...

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