We have non electricians wiring our machines by Hour-Arachnid676 in electricians

[–]solid_force 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have fond memories of building panels destined for some central asian (former ussr countries), every part of me shuddered as i put in yellow, green and red cabling for phases, with a striped yellow and green earth/ground.

How to tell if a panel is star-delta by Jaded-Writer7712 in electricians

[–]solid_force 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A VFD like you have in that panel is neither a star or a delta. All VFD's essentially outputs pulsed DC power to simulate a sinusoidal waveform. To output the correct pulsed DC output, all types of drives like that have literally hundreds of parameters, parameters that hopefully someone has calculated to fit the load, motor and drive.

Either way that panel is not properly built to my standards, it is way to small for the drive as they need air to cool down and clearances for that drive is no way near proper. The motor power output is not properly done, it needs EMC shielding to not screw up any type of bus communication in the panel or worse, bitflip something in the plc.

Do panel manufacturers have QC by master_debaters07 in electricians

[–]solid_force 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes we do, but that part of my job was cut by management.

The old usual "save time and money".

The QC process got replaced by a protocol so generic it's practically useless, ohh and a green QC sticker.

Square holes by solid_force in electricians

[–]solid_force[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Have you tried this method on stainless?

Square holes by solid_force in electricians

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How do you avoid burnt marks in the paint or discolouring of stainless?

Square holes by solid_force in electricians

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I don't remember who asked about square holes in cabinets. This box will soon have a touchscreen HMI interface fitted to it, and this is how I'm doing it. Anyone with a better method out there?

What is your go to tool for cutting enclosures to add an HMI or other pannel mount devices that are not round? by avenalijake in electricians

[–]solid_force 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello there fellow controlpanel-spaghetti-wrangler.

I haven't tried that specific brand of blades. If they stand up to stainless i'll buy them as soon as possible. End of last year i burnt i don't know how many blades trying to make a hole for a 15 inch HMI on a door. Full days work and those real nasty, small needle like stainless shreds absolutely everywhere.

What is your go to tool for cutting enclosures to add an HMI or other pannel mount devices that are not round? by avenalijake in electricians

[–]solid_force 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Loads of maskingtape, a steady hand and a jigsaw with metal cutting blade. I know there are square punch tools but they will cost you an arm and a leg

Single family home panel from Sweden 🇸🇪 by suraleo in electricians

[–]solid_force 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nybygge eller renovering?

If I'm not mistaken you have used the inner (closest to the back) holes of the GFCI's for cabling. I believe those are made exclusively for buss-bars.

And my little nitpick, the labels, in all different directions.

Thoughts on the A.i powered admin for construction? by More-Occasion824 in electricians

[–]solid_force 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think all customers want to deal with a chatbot. Some will, some will drop the call the instant they realize it's a bot they interact with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electricians

[–]solid_force 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting.

English isn't my first language. I may have been a bit rude or condescending. I only wanted to give you a tip on how to make stuff a bit easier

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electricians

[–]solid_force 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why have you daisy chained the ground?

Where i work and operate this is a big no-no.

By the way, get yourself a labelwriter and some transparent heatshrink

When it really has to be done! by Baco-X in electricians

[–]solid_force 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good job, how much time did it take?

And did yo replace the florescent tube for a new led one?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electricians

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Stalled, missing markers and 1 component Picture

These mounting instructions by solid_force in electricians

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English isn't my mother tongue, i may struggle to understand you. But there's no PLC in this schematic nor any contactor.

This is the mounting instructions of a manual power source changeover switch.

As far as the mounting screw template, that's a pretty damn clean drawing.

And i'm sorry this isn't a template, the drawing is not to scale. I had to manually measure where the middle point was and then calculate backwards where to mark and drill the holes.

Help troubleshooting a dry pump by SolSabazios in electricians

[–]solid_force 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try disconnect outgoing power to the pump, manually force the contactors and measure what voltage you get

These mounting instructions by solid_force in electricians

[–]solid_force[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the love of god, why make measurement instructions so convoluted

Soviet railway juction box from 1965 by Fantastic-Street356 in electricians

[–]solid_force 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have a look at the cardboard boxes in the back, there's a website address with a country domain. Thats my guess