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ronh55
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RE: 1769-OB16 transistor outputs dying one by one on a relay panel

Every time an output turns off, the field in that coil collapses and the coil throws a spike out the wrong way, a few hundred volts for a few microsec...

3 weeks ago
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RE: CompactLogix 1769-L30ER, sump pump started by itself after the plant lost power

That pit has a ladder down into it. If a person can be down there, a pump restarting on power return isn't a programming quirk, it's a hazard, and the...

3 weeks ago
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RE: GuardLogix DCS discrepancy fault on one E-stop about once a week, button tests fine

Thats your weekly fault. The other four don't sit where the forklifts turn.

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

Keep the contactor's NC aux in the relay's feedback loop whichever way you go. And once the stopping job moves from the contactor to STO you have chan...

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

What's the e-stop meant to do here, take power off the motor or just stop it? Does the drive have its STO wired, S1 and S2 to the relay, or is the rel...

3 weeks ago
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RE: GuardLogix DCS discrepancy fault on one E-stop about once a week, button tests fine

Don't raise it, I reckon. A button that needs three seconds to agree with itself is a broken button, you would just be hiding it.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Compact GuardLogix EDM feedback fault after a 100-C replaced the 100S contactor

That's the whole problem, and no, EDM stays on. The loop is 24V, NC on K1, NC on K2, back to the safety input. Closed only with both contactors dropp...

3 weeks ago
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RE: ET 200SP inputs on the last two modules drop to 0 whenever the guard door opens

What feeds the L+ terminal of those two bases, and is it the same 24 VDC as the rest of them? Trace it in words for me: from which supply, through whi...

3 weeks ago
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