The stepup transformer as far as I can tell is a WYE input autotransformer.
I'm guessing at this point I'll start looking for a delta to WYE transformer with a grounded secondary or pick up a 3 phase generator. A small thing I discovered today while messing about is the 611 will run the spindle up higher when my old Samson 3 phase manual lathe spindle is on... it's about a 7.5hp spindle motor on it. John On 5/30/2012 11:15 AM, Dave wrote: > "Our systems don't run well on phase converters." > > They didn't have any suggestions to make it run better via tweaks to the 611 > ?? Perhaps none are available. > > I bet that drive is going into shutdown mode based on safety shutdown > circuits - loss of phase, etc. > > Siemens does an excellent job of building in protection for their drives > - as I think you are finding out. > > I had a bad axis motor on my lathe that was full of water (literally). > The lathe sat outside in a rainstorm before I got it and somehow water > got into > the Siemens Z axis motor. I actually ran the motor off the 611 drive > with water in the motor (older than yours) for a while but it would > fault out periodically. I simply kept resetting the > drive until it would no longer reset. I bought a new-old stock motor > since I thought the motor was bad, and when I took the old motor off the > machine, water poured out at the drive shaft. At least a few cups of it. > People at the shop still talk about how that motor ran even when it had > water in it. Crazy. > The 611 drive was not damaged through all of that. But the motor was > junk - internal corrosion etc. > > >>as well as we can't run on a Delta system because we need > > the ground reference I think he said.<< > > Yes, they really want a grounded Wye supply on the infeed side. > >>> Additionally he suggested a Delta to WYE step up transformer with > grounded secondaries between the RPC and the 611.<< > > That has worked for me on a Parker Servo drive system, Siemens VFDs, an a > Italian servo drive (forgot the brand). > > Siemens also recommends a grounded Wye supply for their VFDs, but they built > provisions into the newer VFDs so they can run off a Delta supply. > > Hmmmm... > > What are you going to do next? > > Perhaps I missed something; Did you figure out if that transformer in your > machine is a Delta-Wye transformer or not? > > Dave > > > > > On 5/30/2012 11:26 AM, John Thornton wrote: >> Dave and everyone who has been following this, >> >> I just got off the phone with Siemens tech support and "Our systems >> don't run well on phase converters." was the main theme of the >> conversation as well as we can't run on a Delta system because we need >> the ground reference I think he said. >> >> Additionally he suggested a Delta to WYE step up transformer with >> grounded secondaries between the RPC and the 611. >> >> John >> >> On 5/30/2012 8:27 AM, Dave wrote: >> >>> Around here (Indiana) they put the HV disconnect on the pole that feeds >>> the underground line that runs to a pad mount tranformer. >>> >>> That way if a short develops in HV feed to the pad transformer, the >>> switch/breaker kicks out. >>> >>> I always figure about 1 KW per HP, but with these more efficient motors >>> these days it is oftentimes more like .9 KW per HP for bigger motors. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> On 5/30/2012 7:59 AM, gene heskett wrote: >>> >>>> On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 07:15:28 AM John Thornton did opine: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I don't have a pole can... I live out in the woods and all the services >>>>> are underground and I'm serviced with a pad mounted transformer that >>>>> only feeds my house and shop. I have a 200 amp service that is split >>>>> between my house and the shop and both have 200 amp panels with proper >>>>> size wire. I can spin up my lathe 5.5Kw spindle from 0-6,000 while the >>>>> mill is running and never have I seen the lights dim, well when I ran >>>>> the garage from some direct bury 10ga I could make the lights dim but >>>>> not since I built the shop and installed proper wiring. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Sounds good. It also means the power folks can access the can for tap >>>> changes a lot easier. But if its buried, where is the high side >>>> disconnect? That would need to be done cold. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Is the encoder disk problem one of cam or cad? >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Lack of the ability to preview the result, I have never been able to get >>>> usable resolution out of openscam. Using a #58 pcb drill as a mill, my >>>> speed& depth of cut per pass capability suffers, so it take about an >>>> hour >>>> and a half to make one test disk. With the smaller bit, I took the slot >>>> count up to 47 from 39, but while the quadrature is usable, its not an even >>>> duty cycle, so I need to figure out if I need narrower or wider slots, plus >>>> the center hole math needs tweaked to account for the bit radii, with the >>>> smaller bit, the hole got very sloppy so that code piece needs tweaked. >>>> Compounded by the thinner material being able to fit into the thread on the >>>> spindle tail where I am trapping it between the bearing preload adjusting >>>> nuts. The 1/16" thick brass didn't suffer from that as those threads are >>>> about 16 tpi there. >>>> >>>> Plus I noted that somehow, in the loop that cuts the slots, which because >>>> of the fragility of that size bit, is a 9 pass loop, cutting about 3.5 thou >>>> deeper per pass, but I seem not to have properly restored some starting >>>> value for the 2nd& subsequent passes, I can see in the backplot that >>>> the >>>> length of the slot changes by about a thou on each end of the slots. I've >>>> printed the code so I can study it better, but I am thinking my next change >>>> will be to make a common subroutine that takes the current angle as an >>>> argument. As is, that math is scattered in about 4 places& I've >>>> obviously >>>> an error in one of them. That, and turn the index pulse cut into an >>>> extension of the first cut when the angle is 360. Some sort of a >>>> conditional there because I now have a slightly wider index pulse than is >>>> needed. >>>> >>>> This material I'm using this time came from a dishwashers door insert, >>>> which when I looked, turned out to be two layers of 17 thou thick alu, >>>> painted both sides so you can have your choice of black, white, or almond. >>>> So I have enough to make quite a few. :) >>>> >>>> Time, as long as I'm still sucking air regularly, is something I have. >>>> Other than an occasional bout of loading the dishwasher, getting Dee >>>> whatever she wants to eat& about 6 hours a week beating back the >>>> jungle, I >>>> am not otherwise occupied. ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 5/29/2012 2:45 PM, gene heskett wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 03:10:01 PM John Thornton did opine: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Where should the 208v be? The mains are 244vac. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> That means your wall socket voltage is about 122. Using the same math >>>>>> in kcalc, I get 211.310198523, but the meter will be great if it >>>>>> actually displays the .3. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> The math is simple enough, sin(120)*voltage, where the 120 is the >>>>>> phase angle under ideal conditions. FWIW sin(120) and sin(60) return >>>>>> exactly the same value because the sin is mirrored around modulo 90 >>>>>> degrees where it is 1.00000, and is zero at 0 and 180 degrees. >>>>>> >>>>>> That is just about 1 step on the taps of your service pole can. The >>>>>> substation regulators can usually do finer work. That pole can, from >>>>>> the looks of this, should be able to feed your place with at least >>>>>> 25kw in order to be adequately 'stiff' enough for this level of load >>>>>> variations. I was bumping the 4 or 5 houses on my can just enough >>>>>> that my eyes could see it, so both the bigger bandsaw, and my 6" >>>>>> delta jointer (the one I trimmed my fingernails with) are now >>>>>> reconfigured for a 250 volt single phase feed. I don't even see the >>>>>> lights in the shop dim now. Its 6 gage buried range-like cable back >>>>>> to the 200 amp house service, nice and stiff. >>>>>> >>>>>> :) My AC has a 2.5 horse 127v motor on it and I need to do it the >>>>>> :same >>>>>> >>>>>> way. >>>>>> >>>>>> Got a summer thunderboomer moving thru, noisy outside, but I am >>>>>> tempted to go setup the mill and see if I can make another encoder >>>>>> disk for the lathe. I have some thinner material now, salvaged from >>>>>> the color panel in the front door of a dishwasher that failed, black >>>>>> but I'll have to magnet test it to see if its ferrous, that if >>>>>> plastic I maybe can carve with a pcb drill for a mill. And I need to >>>>>> modify that code a bit so there is no width discontinuity for the >>>>>> long slot that is the index pulse. >>>>>> >>>>>> I may have to hit up Andy up for some math help because I don't think >>>>>> that code compensates for the mill radius when it tapers smaller at >>>>>> the inside radii of the slots. I get the impression that the taper >>>>>> it uses needs a /2 in order to aim the side of the carved slot >>>>>> directly at the center of the circle. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> John >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 5/29/2012 12:11 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> gene heskett wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have another wild idea, your Vab, Vac, Vbc voltages would appear >>>>>>>>> to be moderately well balanced, as they should be. The generated >>>>>>>>> C, measured to ground, is quite hot as is also expected. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Perfect should be 208 V, so 212 is quite close. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jon >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> -- -------- Live Security Virtual Conference >>>>>>>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>>>>>>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >>>>>>>> Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >>>>>>>> latest in malware threats. >>>>>>>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>>>>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> --- ------ Live Security Virtual Conference >>>>>>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>>>>>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >>>>>>> Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >>>>>>> latest in malware threats. >>>>>>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>>>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, Gene >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> ------ Live Security Virtual Conference >>>>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>>>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >>>>> Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >>>>> latest in malware threats. >>>>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Cheers, Gene >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Live Security Virtual Conference >>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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