ABB ACSM1 Series, Hardware Manual

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Safety instructions
6
Installation and maintenance work
These warnings are intended for all who work on the drive, motor cable or motor.
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 drive.
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Never work on the drive, the motor cable or the motor when input power is
applied. After disconnecting the input power, always wait for 5 minutes to let the
intermediate circuit capacitors discharge before you start working on the drive,
the motor or the motor cable.
Always ensure by measuring with a multimeter (impedance at least 1 Mohm)
that:
1. There is no voltage between the drive input phases U1, V1 and W1 and the
ground.
2. There is no voltage between terminals UDC+ and UDC– and the ground.
3. There is no voltage between terminals R+ and R– and the ground.
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Drives controlling a permanent magnet motor: A rotating permanent magnet
motor feeds power to the drive causing the drive to become live even when it is
stopped and the supply power switched off. Before maintenance work on the
drive,
– disconnect the motor from the drive by using a safety switch
– prevent the start-up of any other motors in the same mechanical system
– lock the motor shaft
– measure that the motor is in fact de-energised, then connect the U2, V2 and
W2 terminals of the drive to each other and to the PE.
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Do not work on the control cables when power is applied to the drive or to the
external control circuits. Externally supplied control circuits may carry
dangerous voltages even when the input power of the drive is switched off.
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Do not make any insulation or voltage withstand tests on the drive.
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If a drive whose varistors are not disconnected is installed on an IT power
system (an ungrounded power system or a high resistance grounded [over 30
ohms] power system), the drive will be connected to earth potential through the
varistors. This may cause danger or damage the drive.
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If a drive whose varistors (built-in) or mains filter (external option) are not
disconnected is installed on an corner-grounded TN system, the drive will be
damaged.
Notes:
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Even when the motor is stopped, dangerous voltages are present at the power
circuit terminals U1, V1, W1 and U2, V2, W2, and UDC+, UDC–, R+, R–.