Maintenance and service
10
10.1
Maintenance and repairs
WARNING
Hazardous voltage.
Can cause death or serious injury.
The present device/part conducts hazardous voltages.
Touching live components will result in death or severe injury.
Installation, commissioning, and maintenance only by qualified specialist personnel.
Repair of the devices is only permissible by qualified personnel. Please contact the authorized
Siemens service partner for this.
Note
Loss of ATEX / IECEx approval
The repair of soft starters with approval according to IEC 61508 / EN ISO 13849 is only
permissible in the manufacturer's plant.
Any repair to the 3RW55 and 3RW55 Failsafe soft starters that is not performed in the
manufacturer's plant will result in loss of ATEX/IECEx approval.
Note
Loss of failsafe approval
The repair of soft starters with approval according to IEC 61508 / EN ISO 13849 is only
permissible in the manufacturer's plant.
Any repair to the 3RW55 Failsafe soft starters that is not performed in the manufacturer's plant
will result in loss of Failsafe approval.
10.2
Replacing the fan
Requirements
• Replacement fan, incl. connector (connector is not relevant for size 5)
• Optional: The fan cover is disassembled.
• Flat-head screwdriver (size 1)
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