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    Relay outputs and inductive loads

    I dont know how many times I have seen the scam service call where only the company that the supplied the equipment can change and reassign a burned processor output because they have a password on their processor to protect their own intelectual property rights. Jerks couldnt design the system...
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    impact 1336 drive faults

    Have recurring faults from AB 1336 impact drives. The faults are occurring on two diferent machines. One machine has 2 drives and the other has 3. These machines are enviromental test cells which mostly test automotive parts. The loads on the drives are very light usually but the test durations...
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    NEC Grounding Question - Grounding of CT Metering Enclosures

    If it is metal and could become live above ground than it needs to be grounded. common sense. Look at all those metal enclosures they used for traffic light controls and power in toronto. The ones that were flush mount on the sidewalk are the biggest problem.Salt gets in and degrades the wires...
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    solid wire and pull elbows

    not an LB. A pull elbow is much smaller than an LB. Maybe 1/4 the volume of an LB.
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    X-ray machine power/wiring requirement

    If u r in Ontario chaeck Section 52 of the Ontario Electrical Safety Code.
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    solid wire and pull elbows

    I searched my code book for 2hrs the other night trying to find an old rule regarding the use of solid wire in conduit. Maybe someone can help me here. I think I read in my old Canadian code book years ago that you cannot use solid wire in pull elbows. But I cannot find any reference to it in my...
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    MicroLogix 1100 programming question

    not a plc solution but simple just the same. Use the outputs from the logix that drive the actuators to instead drive some timing relays. Use the timing relay outputs to drive the actuators for 2 seconds longer than normal and then release. The timing relay contacts would have to be normally...
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    Motor or overcurrent relay problem?

    dbaec is this a cooking hood? Every kitchen exhaust system I have ever worked on has had the gas burners for the heat source interlocked with the exhaust fan. Either by a relay and overload combination or an air proving switch of some sort. The exhaust system is turned on manually when needed...
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    Butt splices in explosion proof disconnect

    not sure what rule to point you to but I bet you can read the book yourself. Butt splices aren't a bad thing. It just depends on your preference. Do you want pretty or practical? And what size of wire are we talking about? Power conductors or controls? As far as I know a butt splice is an...
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    Motor or overcurrent relay problem?

    In the kitchen there is a wall mounted switch wired in parallel with a temperature switch in the hood? Hood sensor? What kind of control system do you have? Sometimes the obvious is the real answer. Residual heat. Bouncing control switches. Huh? turn that exhaust fan on manually and leave it...
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    Feeding a wye-wye transformer from a corner grouded delta source.

    If the secondary neutral is connected to ground, and there is a short of one secondary phase to ground (an no load current in the other phases), then there will be no fault current. Huh? You present a short circuit path to the t/f secondary phase voltage and you expect no current? This current...
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    Machine electrical access door clearence

    it seems you are quite intent on putting something in front of the panel doors. I see it all the time. If you dont have to service something very often in there then go ahead. You probably will anyways. The rules are the same in Canada and the US. If you require emergency access to a main...
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    15 hp dust collector 480v problem

    Why are you letting of the button? You want the motor to run or not?
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    Wiring through Service Disconnects

    This is an old post. Cheesy wiring indeed. Real amateur work. Was the Inspector blindfolded when he came by? Code violations aside. How does one easily modify or remove any one disconnect? A D box and some 1/2" sealtite flex would have been much easier. Probably faster install as well. Oh well...

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