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  1. mjcandlec

    VFD's - Variable or Constant Torque

    You are correct. It is a very high 480-490 VAC and I am ordering filters right now. Should have had them before but wasn't my call. Thanks for the reply. I have just been told by ABB that my motors could have been back-feeding after a failure and the drive faulted off. He thinks it back fed...
  2. mjcandlec

    VFD's - Variable or Constant Torque

    ABB has only one answer....send it in for analysis at my cost.(one year off warranty)and maybe find something. I have been out of the loop on motor replacement, so I will have to say they are not inverter-duty motors. That needs to change, but I still don't see how that would cause a melt down...
  3. mjcandlec

    VFD's - Variable or Constant Torque

    Yes I am having problems with motor failure causing the drive to fail. The +UDC bus melts down and causes other damage when a motor fails due to insulation breakdown. The drive sees the motor as a dead short and melts the UDC bus instead of protecting itself via output ground fault enabled. I...
  4. mjcandlec

    VFD's - Variable or Constant Torque

    I have 25hp fans running 50% of the time at 60 Hz, near FLA and RPM for the motor, given the fixed prop pitch and static pressure, and 50% of the time at about 30 Hz. I am using ABB vfd's rated @ 25Hp VT. Should this be a constant torque application? Thanks for any input to clear this up.

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