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    DC Motor Drive Tripping Often

    The current limit setting is dependant on your motor design and application. When I worked in a steel mill our engilsh electric 'mill motors' had a current limit of 2 per unit. Since the application required very quick screwdown movements and as they were not continous the overall motor...
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    DC Motor Drive Tripping Often

    Does this particular drive have a setting for the front limit firing angle? I have worked with some drives where the firing angle is determined from a separate sync supply where a saftey margin was required when setting this limit. The drive could be trying to fire before the phase crossover...
  3. barac

    electric supply to fire water pump

    The motor will only last around 30 secs running at locked rotor current before it burns out and is useless anyway!

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