Never used that type cable ...seen it in Tonka panels Jaime Solorza
On Dec 19, 2017 3:31 AM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I had an occasion this weekend to add a PLC as a controller for the shared > resources in the manufacturing facility - i.e. compressor, exhaust system, > etc. Everything is set up so that when a machine gets turned on, all of > the resources that that machine needs is turned on. Some safety stuff has > been added as well, such as there is now a pressure sensor on the air > compressor which should trip if the compressor 'sticks on' as it tends to > do when the pressure switch fails, causing all sorts of excitement. > > It definitely made me long for the automation/controller stuff I did in a > previous life - a lot similar to the stuff you're doing. It also made me > long for a few sticks of panduit raceway/duct since things are not nearly > as pretty as I would have liked. Well, that and all of the supplies/tools > you need to really make something like this look professional. As it is, > it's more functional than pretty. > > I did have a surprise though, I bought some multiconductor control cable > to run from the PLC to a control/status panel. Every time I've ever used > this in the past, the conductors are all different colors. This cable was > all black wires with the wire numbers written on the wire itself. Never > had seen this style. After I got over my 'This isn't what I expected' > grumpiness, I decided it was probably ok, although it did take a bit of > time to find the first few wires. I'm just glad my close-up vision hasn't > failed me yet. > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> First time wiring up a Schneider VFD...the terminal block was easy to >> work with and took about an hour on each of two I did this morning. >> >> Jaime Solorza >> > > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > >
