"But on smaller-cheaper little "throw away" drives like this, that's usually not enough." Why would you say that about Schneider drives? They're on the higher end of the price spectrum.
In the past someone made the same comment in a thread I started about a Weg drive, which also aren't cheap drives.
I guess there's too many different brands to be familiar with all of them.
You might look at the Groupe Schneider history and go "WTF?"
They tend own top-end, middle-market, AND bottom-end el cheapo competitors in the same marketspace, and all at the same time! Altivar is not even their only line of VFD any more than Square-D is thier only line of switchgear and protective devices. Weg is ALSO a broad-market maker, and economy goods more than not.
Smaller picture the Altivar line alone is stratified into several different types of VFD, only a FEW even intended for machine-tools. To an extent, that is the case with MOST makers.
As said arredy - it isn't JUST the Company, it's also the product line, and then, the model families WITHIN the product line. And even one model to the next.
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VFD's, are too inexpensive to waste the hours of your life trying to
outsmart a Design Engineer whose work at tailoring a unit for a narrow range of uses was meant to serve its target by the multiple thousands and multiple tens of thousands of units ..whilst YOU fiddle-f**k about ... with just the ONE.
Much wiser to peddle the unit to whomever can use it AS IS.. and go find yourself another that YOU can use AS IS.
See also gender reassignment surgery for another pain vs gain example.
Then make up your mind and JF "Go for it".
Either one.
"Easy for YOU to say!"
Surely it is.
I am not he who actually has to give a damn about
your choice!
The way things are going in this country?
Day may come we see VFD's in the supermarket.. same aisle as six-packs of penises and vaginas by the dozen.
You'd have to know mass-marketing and cheaper in volume?