CH SVX9000 VFD 10HP no fan turn over temp #14??

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Mark Rose

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We have a CH VFD SVX010A1-4A1B1 driving a pump. Getting a #14 over-temp alarm, and (internal cooling) fan is Not turning. Replaced fan [no fix], felt VFD heat sink on outside, cold to touch. Unit is outdoor in weather tight enclosure, any suggestions?
 
I'd replace the drive.

Just as a sidenote and a little rant, I don't care for the SVX series of drives, the menus on those are horrible to navigate in my opinion. There is one at a seed cleaning facility where they vary the speed from the keypad, but, if they bump the wrong button, it sends them off into other menus and then they have to call me to get it back to the menu where they can adjust the speed?!?! Not very user friendly! I can't wait till it dies...

I will then happily replace it with an ABB, AB, or anything else. Except maybe an AC Tech.:sick:
 
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and the hat. Those Vacon drives (that's what the CH drive actually is) are notorious for fan problems. They do something funky inside like using 3phase motors by running them from single phase with a capacitor phase adder and de-rating the capacity of the motor in order to avoid having single phase motors, but the capacitor phase adder BS fails just as much (more?) than a single phase motor would. Then when you replace the motor, it still doesn't work because that wasn't the problem. There is an entire fan control assembly that must be replaced. It may end up costing you almost as much as a new drive. I just did this on 250HP Vacon drive, the repair was going to cost almost $10k, new (not Vacon) drive was $14k. Guess which way we went...

Ah, just noticed you said 10HP, that may not be the same. Still, Vacon are notorious for fan failures at any size, so there is likely still some sort of fan control assembly inside that is defunct and needs replacement. My theory is that because they are made for the 50Hz world and the fans are AC powered, the system fails over time when connected to 60Hz. Most other mfrs power the fans with DC do it doesn't matter, but that requires a DC-DC power supply inside. It seems Vacon tried to avoid that by powering the fans with AC but failed to account for the 60Hz issue properly. I experienced this with the first generation of Sq. D drives that came out after Schneider bought them and began using the Telemecanique products instead of the old Sq. D Omegapack drives here in the U.S. Lots of fan failures until they changed the entire drive design. Just a theory though.
 
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We have a CH VFD SVX010A1-4A1B1 driving a pump. Getting a #14 over-temp alarm, and (internal cooling) fan is Not turning. Replaced fan [no fix], felt VFD heat sink on outside, cold to touch. Unit is outdoor in weather tight enclosure, any suggestions?

The replacement fan is not running?
Same question - replacement fan not running or you still getting over temp alarm even though fan is running?
 
No Fan is NOT running

OK, now can you reset the error and run the drive until it reaches overtemp again, or does it not let you reset?

Don't know enough about your drive, some run the cooling fan continuously, some only run when temp of heat sink increases.
 
SVX9000 Fan won't run overtemp

SVX9000 Fan won't run overtemp

Our SVX9000 VFD can have the fan thermostatically or on always.
Default is always ON ours is always on.
 
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