Maintenance and Inspection
Monthly and Yearly Inspection Chart
Item Inspected
Overall Ambient
environment
Major devices
Power supply
voltage
Main
Ground
circuit
Insulation
Mounting
Components
Housing
Terminal block Secure
Smoothing
capacitor
Relay(s)
Resistors
Cooling fan
Control
Overall
circuit
Capacitor
Display LEDs
Note 1:
The life of a capacitor is affected by the ambient temperature. See the Capacitor Life Curve on
the next page.
Note 2:
The inverter must be cleaned periodically. If dust accumulates on the fan and heat sink, it can
cause overheating of the inverter.
Inspection
Cycle
Check for...
Month
Year
✔
Extreme
temperatures
& humidity
✔
Abnormal
vibration,
noise
✔
Voltage
tolerance
✔
Adequate
resistance
✔
No loose
screws
✔
Overheating
✔
Dirt, dust
✔
connections
✔
Leaking,
swelling
✔
Chattering
✔
Cracks or
discoloring
✔
Noise
✔
Dust
✔
No odor,
discoloring,
corrosion
✔
No leaks or
deformation
✔
Legibility
SJ100 Inverter
Inspection
Method
Thermometer,
Ambient temperature
hygrometer
between -10 to 40°C,
non-condensing
Visual and aural
Stable environment for
electronic controls
Digital volt meter,
200V class:
measure between
200 to 240V 50/60 Hz
inverter terminals
400V class:
L1, L2, L3
380 to 460V 50/60 Hz
Digital volt meter,
5 Meg. Ohms or greater
GND to terminals
Torque wrench
M3: 0.5 – 0.6 Nm
M4: 0.98 – 1.3 Nm
M5: 1.5 – 2.0 Nm
Thermal trip events No trip events
Visual
Vacuum dust and dirt
Visual
No abnormalities
Visual
No abnormalities
Aural
Single click when
switching On or Off
Visual
Use Ohm meter to
check braking resistors
Power down,
Rotation must be
manually rotate
smooth
Visual
Vacuum to clean
Visual
No abnormalities
Visual
Undistorted appearance
Visual
All LED segments work
6–9
Criteria