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S801+ Soft Starter User Manual Effective November 2012 New Information...
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OBLIGATION OF EATON. THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT SHALL NOT BECOME PART OF OR MODIFY ANY CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. In no event will Eaton be responsible to the purchaser or user in contract, in tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential...
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S801+ Soft Starter Support Services The goal of Eaton is to ensure your greatest possible satisfaction with the operation of our products. We are dedicated to providing fast, friendly, and accurate assistance. That is why we offer you so many ways to get the support you need. Whether it’s by phone, fax, or e-mail, you can access Eaton’s support information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Be sure equipment is properly grounded. Wear occurs in a safe manner. Motor restart may occur safety glasses whenever working on electronic controllers or immediately and unexpectedly after any fault condition has rotating machinery. cleared. viii S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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Do not work on energized equipment unless absolutely required. If the troubleshooting procedure requires equipment to be energized, all work must be performed by properly qualified personnel, following appropriate safety practices and precautionary measures. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Introduction Introduction Overview The Eaton S801+ Soft Starter from Eaton’s electrical The S801+ Soft Starter utilizes a Control Interface Module business is an electronic, self-contained, panel- or (CIM) that allows the user to configure the device and enclosure-mounted motor soft-starting device. It is intended evaluate fault codes for troubleshooting.
EN 55011, Class A Conducted EN 55011, Class A The 24 Vdc power supply must be grounded. Add ferrite, Fair-Rite #0446176451 to DC Control Power Leads and Control I/O Leads (all through one ferrite) at S801+. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
600 volts maximum when protected by Class RK5 fuses. Note: Suitable for use on a circuit capable of delivering not more than 65,000 rms symmetrical amperes, 480 volts maximum when protected by a circuit breaker. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
The ambient temperature is –58° to 158°F (–50° to 70°C) ● carton damage to the carrier prior to accepting the delivery. Have this information noted on the freight bill. Eaton is not The relative humidity is 0–95%, non-condensing ● responsible for damage incurred in shipping.
This condition will also impact the overload protection setting. See the Motor/Application Considerations in Appendix D for information on typical motor winding configurations. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Note: S801+T…, S801+U…, and S801+V… units are supplied standard without lugs. One kit consists of required hardware to make connections for three (3) phases on either line or load side of the soft starter. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
(4) 500 kcmil or 12 in (2) 3 x 1/4 in Bus Isolation Minimum with 1/4 in Contactor Distance Space/Terminal 6 in Minimum Distance S801+V10… S801+V10… Soft Starter Soft Starter Line Service (4) 350 kcmil/ Terminal S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Switch S2 is not functional on the S801+. Switches 32–1 are not functional on the S801+. DIP Switch Additional information on Level and Edge Sensing may be found in Functional Description starting on Page 23. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
4–RESET—Fault RESET Control Input 24 Vdc only (momentary). Input 4 is Fault RESET. Energizing this input will reset a fault only if no active faults are present. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
The resistor is rated 100 ohms at 0.5 watts. The capacitor is 0.25 μF at 250 Vac. 120 Vac Control Bypass 120V AC Ready Supply – Fault S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
98. Add ferrite, Fair-Rite #0446176451 to DC Power Leads and Control I/O Leads (all through one ferrite) at S801+. Auxiliary relays: 3 amps at 120 Vac or 24 Vdc, 10 amps max. (resistive) switching. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
98. Add ferrite, Fair-Rite #0446176451 to DC Power Leads and Control I/O Leads (all through one ferrite) at S801+. Auxiliary relays: 3 amps at 120 Vac or 24 Vdc, 10 amps max. (resistive) switching. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Outrush for the power supply ≥ Sum of the Inrush Power ● Input terminals must be 24 Vdc ±10% to provide proper of all the Starters operation of the soft starter. Eaton Recommended 24 Vdc Power Supplies Sealed Inrush Catalog Primary...
24 Vdc Control voltage must not fall below 18 Vdc. If it is desired to place an electromagnetic contactor on the line side of the soft starter, Eaton recommends using level sense option. With level sense, no additional control circuitry is required.
SCRs will get. Between successive starts the SCRs must cool down to avoid exceeding their thermal limits. Appendix C gives the S801+’s application ratings for various starting conditions. Staying within these specified limits will aid in avoiding over temperature trips. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Kick Start Torq parameter and the duration of the “kick” is set by the Kick Start Time. Setting the Kick Start Time to 0 effectively disables this feature. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Note: The Soft Stop mode is not an electronic brake function (Voltage) and will not stop a motor any faster than it would normally take to coast to a stop under load. Soft Stop Time Soft Stop Time (Seconds) S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
+24 Vdc to Terminal 3 prior to a start raises the overload fault to assure that any restart occurs in a safe manner. trip point to 125% of the maximum rating of the frame size for the next start only. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
24 Vdc power to the Start terminal is removed, then ● reapplied (Start command—maintained) This control configuration can be used when restarting of the motor after a stop command or fault must be supervised manually or as a part of a control scheme. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Start. Review the Protection Options of the S801+ Appendix A and Appendix B adjust as required. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
It is recommended that all appropriate Timer system fault protection parameters are enabled for proper operation and protection of the soft starter and the load. Watchdog reset occurred PLL (DSP) fault Illegal address (DSP) S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Stop Time for the desired stopping time. The Initial Torque setting is adjusted to achieve motor rotation within 2 seconds of motor energization. The Initial Torque value also determines the upper limit of applied current during a Current Limit start. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
67% of the above values, or 132.26 amps to 149.02 amps respectively. Note: The current in the motor circuit will be subject to the total impedance of the motor circuit, so actual values may be slightly different than calculated values. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Read all precautions at the front of Load disconnect this manual before starting the troubleshooting process. SCR instantaneous overcurrent 24V power supply low Timer system fault Watchdog reset occurred PLL (DSP) fault Illegal address (DSP) S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Control Input terminal block. If the S801+ does Troubleshooting Fault Table in Appendix E to find not start, verify that the Start input terminal is at the corrective action for the fault. 24 Vdc. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Reset soft starter or change Reset Mode to AUTO. No status LEDs illuminated, No Control Power supply Provide 24 Vdc to Control power terminal block. CIM display dark. Device failure. Check Control Power for proper value and reliability. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Check for Transient fault, external set Reset Mode device to Manual failures Fault Code repeats Unit trips VerifyFault fault code condition present does not exist Correct fault condition Contact Contact Eaton Eaton Support Support S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
At this point another internal timer is started, this S801+V10… 1000 timer is 26 x 3 or 48 minutes. If another trip occurs before this timer expires, the reset inhibit time is increased to 6 minutes. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
If the current temperature is 87% or less of the saved temperature, a full thermal memory reset is initiated. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
Appendix B—Overload Protection Overload Trip Curves 10000.0 115% Class 5 1000.0 Class 10 Class 20 Class 30 100.0 Class 30 Class 20 Class 10 Class 5 10.0 Percent FLA S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
An in-sight disconnect means should combination of capacitor and motor current causing the be installed, per code requirements. overload relay to not function correctly. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
144 minutes to restore 6 minute inhibit level. START command. 240 minutes to restore 3 minute inhibit level. Terminal “P” is de-energized to issue a STOP command. ● – Cycling 24 Vdc control power does not reset the inhibit times. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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– Check for loss of 24 Vdc control power and/or less than 17 Vdc. – Check Terminal Block for condition and security. – Verify 24 Vdc at appropriate terminals – Verify proper operation and capacity of control power supply. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
In a true overload condition, a period of time may be required before the unit is able to be RESET. Initiating another START after a reset may result in another overload trip due to retained thermal memory. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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If motor rotation requires exchange of phases, exchange the cables between the soft starter and the motor. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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Phase loss is a severe condition of phase imbalance, even momentarily. In cases of severe imbalance causing nuisance trips, this feature may be disabled (not recommended). Phase performance should be monitored for an appropriate length of time to ensure that the phase is not dropping just long enough for the soft starter to detect the condition. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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Unit compares voltage drop across the SCRs to conclude if the SCRs are “shorted”. When a Start command is issued with no load connected, there is no voltage drop as there is no current flow. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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CIMs may be exchanged between all models (sizes) of soft starters if a replacement CIM is not available. The S801+ may be operated without the CIM installed by simply removing the control prior to energizing the unit (24 Vdc). S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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START command. Failure to to any START commands. Manipulating contactors after the make all connections will result in one or more faults. START command will result in one or more faults. S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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General Information S801+ Soft Starter MN03900002E—November 2012 www.eaton.com...
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