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Transwave Static Converter gone phttttt
Bluechip:
Hi John
Did have a vague idea what the wretched things did, just had a desparate hope someone had a schematic of the device in question. Save me the trouble of waving the Fluke at it.
Just had a shufti at the motor, it is a dual voltage type, so I might just have a trip to Drives Direct, just up the road from me, if I can't easily knock it into shape. There's a couple of relays in there, one looks expensive, a Broyce 1OVR, some sort of over voltage doins ... if that's shot, then I'm not going to bother .. either get a VFD or sling the whole damn shebang out the door and get a Wabeco D6000.
It's only money, and I can't take it with me, it seems ... :lol:
BC
doubleboost:
Hi
Dave
I put a VFD from Drives Direct on to my Boxford very happy with it
John
awemawson:
Give Transwave (Power Capacitors Ltd) a call - they are a very helpful company to deal with. The usual Transwave static generates the third phase as per the diagram posted above, but also has a voltage sensitive relay made by Broyce Controls lookiing at the generated phase. When up to volts it switches out the start bank of capacitors leaving the run bank connected
Bluechip:
--- Quote from: doubleboost on June 13, 2012, 05:15:44 PM ---Hi
Dave
I put a VFD from Drives Direct on to my Boxford very happy with it
John
--- End quote ---
Hi John [2] ... :)
Good bit of info, Ta !!
Will get Mr Wilson to nip round and swipe it ... :thumbup:
Cheaper than me buying one ... :lol: :lol:
BC
Bluechip:
--- Quote from: awemawson on June 13, 2012, 05:17:30 PM ---Give Transwave (Power Capacitors Ltd) a call - they are a very helpful company to deal with. The usual Transwave static generates the third phase as per the diagram posted above, but also has a voltage sensitive relay made by Broyce Controls lookiing at the generated phase. When up to volts it switches out the start bank of capacitors leaving the run bank connected
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Thought about phoning them, there is an LED [?]on the relay that comes on, but as soon as the start button is poked on the lathe, it instantly drops out, as does the other [ Siemens ] contactor.
Depends if that is the faulty component. I've no idea if it is, or whether it's just a symptom.. there are 3 caps in there, I have a Peak LCR meter which will give a good idea if the caps are OK, although I would think it's not a good tool to use on motor run caps. Works fine on electronicy stuff, but only gives the capacitance, not the ESR or anything useful.
BC
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