allamateur
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- Dec 27, 2020
I've got a Cinci Toolmaster 1-A with 2 feed motors and spindle motor, all 3-phase. I've gotten preliminary suggestions on wiring this up with 2 VFDs (both Teco L510, one 3 HP [for the 1HP spindle, oversized but it was cheap], and the one for feeds, each 1/4HP, is 1 HP) from the nice guys at hobby-machinist, but these suggestions don't involve any auxiliaries (like fuses, diodes, etc.) and I've finally gotten a big electrical box for all this stuff.
So basically I'm asking what are all the auxiliaries (and how to wire them) for a setup where the 1HP VFD powers both feeds at 60 Hz all the time, while the 3HP VFD powers the spindle at varying frequencies for speed control. I will admit that I originally had one of the banned eBay VFDs powering the feeds, but it would throw an over-current error when I had it wired in parallel with the spindle VFD and tried to use both at the same time. These are both in parallel from the same NEMA 10-30 dryer plug. I finally grounded everything properly (to neutral because 3-wire), tried it again, and the cheapo VFD popped like a balloon and took the original Teco with it. Before this, I was getting voltage readings in midair off the cheapo VFD. I'm not entirely sure what this means, but I imagine it means it was interfering with the spindle VFD and I need diodes or something to prevent feedback between the two VFDs. Other info: the two feed motors are wired in series to the 1HP VFD. These set-ups work individually (the feeds work if the spindle's off, and the spindle works if the feeds are off). I replaced both VFDs and now need some confirmation before I try again and waste more money popping VFDs.
Also apologies if this has been asked before, I couldn't find anything.
So basically I'm asking what are all the auxiliaries (and how to wire them) for a setup where the 1HP VFD powers both feeds at 60 Hz all the time, while the 3HP VFD powers the spindle at varying frequencies for speed control. I will admit that I originally had one of the banned eBay VFDs powering the feeds, but it would throw an over-current error when I had it wired in parallel with the spindle VFD and tried to use both at the same time. These are both in parallel from the same NEMA 10-30 dryer plug. I finally grounded everything properly (to neutral because 3-wire), tried it again, and the cheapo VFD popped like a balloon and took the original Teco with it. Before this, I was getting voltage readings in midair off the cheapo VFD. I'm not entirely sure what this means, but I imagine it means it was interfering with the spindle VFD and I need diodes or something to prevent feedback between the two VFDs. Other info: the two feed motors are wired in series to the 1HP VFD. These set-ups work individually (the feeds work if the spindle's off, and the spindle works if the feeds are off). I replaced both VFDs and now need some confirmation before I try again and waste more money popping VFDs.
Also apologies if this has been asked before, I couldn't find anything.