Re: [Emc-users] XSY inverters (VFD)

2022-09-25 Thread gene heskett
On 9/25/22 19:39, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 00:11, gene heskett wrote: If the field supply fails, the motor runs faster and faster if it can, until the armature parts exit the frame in pieces big enough to make quite effective bullets. If the field supply fails, how is there

Re: [Emc-users] XSY inverters (VFD)

2022-09-25 Thread Scott Harwell via Emc-users
If the motor is at base speed or above, things happen very fast. Scott On Sunday, September 25, 2022, 10:18:43 PM CDT, Ralph Stirling wrote: This only happens in lightly-loaded DC shunt field machines.  Here is a pretty good explanation:

Re: [Emc-users] XSY inverters (VFD)

2022-09-25 Thread Ralph Stirling
This only happens in lightly-loaded DC shunt field machines. Here is a pretty good explanation: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-run-away-condition-in-D-C-motors My electric machines professor demonstrated this to my class 40 years ago, He would kill the armature power before it blew up, of

Re: [Emc-users] XSY inverters (VFD)

2022-09-25 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 00:11, gene heskett wrote: > If the field supply fails, the motor runs faster and faster if it can, > until the armature parts > exit the frame in pieces big enough to make quite effective bullets. If the field supply fails, how is there any torque to spin the motor

Re: [Emc-users] XSY inverters (VFD)

2022-09-25 Thread gene heskett
On 9/25/22 11:20, dave engvall wrote: On 9/24/22 11:18 AM, gene heskett wrote: On 9/24/22 11:34, Jon Elson wrote: On 9/23/22 17:24, gene heskett wrote: Each brand of vfd seems to have its own setup. But that lf boost is a tricky one. I don't know if that invertor shows you the amperage

Re: [Emc-users] XSY inverters (VFD)

2022-09-25 Thread dave engvall
On 9/24/22 11:18 AM, gene heskett wrote: On 9/24/22 11:34, Jon Elson wrote: On 9/23/22 17:24, gene heskett wrote: Each brand of vfd seems to have its own setup. But that lf boost is a tricky one. I don't know if that invertor shows you the amperage being delivered but it seems it would be