Chapter 1 - Introduction; How To Use This Manual - ABB ACS 501 Installation & Start-Up Manual

How To Use This
Manual
ACS 501 Installation & Start-up Manual
This chapter describes the purpose and contents of this manual, describes the
intended audience, explains conventions used in this manual, and lists related
publications.
The purpose of this manual is to provide you with the information necessary
to install, start-up, and service an ACS 501 Adjustable Frequency AC Drive
rated 1 to 75 hp. This manual also describes features and functions of the
drives and requirements such as external drive control connections, wiring,
and cable sizes and routing.
ACS 501 user documentation also includes the ACS 500 Adjustable
Frequency AC Drives 2 to 350 HP Programming Manual Including
Application Macros which is provided with the drive.
Chapter 1 – Introduction, the chapter you are reading now, introduces you to
the ACS 501 Adjustable Frequency AC Drives 1 to 75 HP Installation &
Start-up Manual and conventions used throughout the manual.
Chapter 2 – Overview of the ACS 501 describes drive components and
provides a brief introduction to Control Panel operation, the drive parameter
menu system, and drive Application macros.
Chapter 3 – Installation Instructions describes planning for drive installation,
new drive inspection, and drive mounting. This chapter also includes
requirements and connections for input and output wiring and external control
wiring.
Chapter 4 – Start–up Procedure describes safety, installation inspection, how
to check default parameters and set start-up parameters, and how to test the
drive with the motor disconnected and connected.
Chapter 5 – Fault Tracing describes troubleshooting procedures through fault
messages, resetting faults, accessing stored information in the fault history,
and tracing faults to their origins.
Chapter 6 – Service and Maintenance describes how to test main electrical
drive components such as bridge rectifiers, diodes, bus capacitors, and IGBT
modules.
Appendix A – ACS 501 Technical Data lists input and output voltages,
amperage, and other useful data for each drive rated 1 to 75 hp.
Glossary lists and defines terms common to all ACS 501 drives.
Index helps you locate the page numbers of topics contained in this manual.
Chapter 1 – Introduction
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