ABB ACS355 series, Manual

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8 Safety
Safety in installation and maintenance
These warnings are intended for all who work on the inverter, motor cable or motor.
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Electrical safety
WARNING! Ignoring the following instructions can cause physical injury or death,
or damage to the equipment.
Only qualified electricians are allowed to install and maintain the inverter!
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Never work on the photovoltaic generator or inverter and its input/output cables when
the inverter is connected to the power system or to the photovoltaic generator.
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Before working inside the inverter cabinet, switch off or isolate the auxiliary voltage
supply to the inverter.
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Isolate the inverter from the photovoltaic generator using the safety switch of the
generator or by using the isolation switch.
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Do not touch the input of the isolation switch that has high DC voltage.
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After disconnecting the inverter from the power system or the DC input supply, wait for
at least 5 minutes to discharge the intermediate circuit capacitors.
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Measure with a multimeter to ensure that no voltage is present.
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Impedance should be at least 1 M
Ω
.
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Voltage should be close to 0 V between inverter phases L1, L2, L3 and frame, and
between module terminals Brk+ and Brk-.
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Do not make any insulation or voltage withstand tests on the inverter or on the inverter
modules.
Note :
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The DC connection terminals Brk+ and Brk- carry a dangerous DC voltage of up to
800 V.
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Depending on the external and internal wiring, dangerous voltages of 115 V to 230 V
may be present at the different terminals in the auxiliary circuit.
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At the inverter input, the photovoltaic cells generate DC voltage even at low intensity
of sunlight.