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4.3.
Grounding the Drive
THE USER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFORMING WITH ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND
INTERNATIONAL
CODES.
WIRING
PRACTICES,
GROUNDING,
DISCONNECTS,
AND
OVERCURRENT PROTECTION ARE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE. FAILURE TO OBSERVETHIS
PRECAUTION COULD RESULT IN SEVERE BODILY INJURY OR LOSSOFLIFE.
Use the following steps to ground the drive:
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
Step 4.
Removethe drive's cover.
Run a suitable equipment grounding conductor unbroken from the drive's ground terminal
to the motor's ground terminal and then to earth ground. See figures 4.1 to 4.6, 5.1, and
5.2,
Connect a suitable grounding conductor to the motor frame, the remote control station (if
used), and the transformer. Run each conductor unbroken to earth ground.
Note that to conform with CSA requirements, when adding more than one grounding
conductor wire to a single chassis ground, twist the conductors together.
Re-attach the drive's cover.