Not Allowed Power Cable Types; Additional Guidelines, North America - ABB ACS880-01 Hardware Manual

Not allowed power cable types

Cable type
Symmetrical shielded cable
with individual shields for each
phase conductor
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Additional guidelines, North America

ABB recommends the use of conduit for power wiring to the drive and between the drive
and the motor(s). Due to the variety of application needs, metallic and non-metallic
conduit can be used. ABB recommends the use of metallic conduit.
The following table shows examples of various materials and methods for wiring the
drive in the intended application. See NEC 70 along with state and local codes for the
appropriate materials for your application.
In all applications, ABB prefers the use of symmetrical shielded VFD cable between
drive and motor(s).
Wiring method
1) 2)
Conduit - Metallic
Electrical metallic tubing: Type EMT
Rigid metal conduit: Type RMC
Liquid-tight flexible metal electrical conduit: Type
LFMC
Conduit - Non-metallic
Liquid-tight flexible non-metallic conduit: Type
LFNC
2)
Wireways
Metallic
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Use as input power cabling
No
PE
2) 3)
Use as motor cabling
No
Notes
Prefer symmetrical shielded VFD cable.
Use separate conduit run for each motor.
Do not run input power wiring and motor wiring
in the same conduit.
Prefer symmetrical shielded VFD cable.
Use separate conduit run for each motor.
Do not run input power wiring and motor wiring
in the same conduit.
Prefer symmetrical shielded VFD cable.
Separate motor wiring from input power wiring
and other low voltage wiring.
Do not run outputs of multiple drives parallel.
Bundle each cable (wiring) together and use
separators where possible.