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Problem:

Circuit breaker Q5 trips when the machine is switched on or during production.

Possible Causes or Resolutions:

• Measure voltages at all phases, even under load. It is possible that one phase did drop down, and this triggered the circuit breaker.
• Measure the current of each phase with a current clamp after Q5. If the measured value is below the value of the circuit breaker and Q5 still keeps tripping, the circuit breaker may be defective. Replace it.
• Maybe the parameter “Low bat voltage” (coming from Pacemaker) is set too low: That means that the contactor in the Pacemaker closes too early with a precharge voltage that is too low and therefore Q5 trips. To check this, please open a ticket to contact CanMan.

Reason for error message:

• The Pacemaker™  capacitor bank voltage is to low.

Possible causes:

• Supply voltage mains drop down. Please check all phases even when the machine is running. Does a phase drop down?
• Check complete wiring, Are all clamps tightened?
• Check the 24Vdc supply terminals 17/18 on Pacemaker board. This 24Vdc are supplied by the welding machine and has to be always on. If the 24Vdc is missing, the precharging of capacitors works, but the main contactor will not switch on => Ubatt Error

• Check the 24Vdc output terminals 41/42. After precharging is complete, 24DC should be applied here to close the main contactor. Possibly the small print relay on the electronics board is defective.

Problem:

Machine stops and message „Pacemaker: Profibus communication error“ is displayed.

Possible Causes & Resolutions:

• Cooling water valve: Wrong type of valve or plug without protective circuit (suppressor). The voltage peaks can cause interferences in the Pacemaker electronics. Always use the original plug and valve type.
• Profibus plug: On the plug of first and last client of profibus system the termination resistant must be set to ON. Otherwise interference may occur.
• Profibus cables: Check the position of the cables in the control unit. If they are close to contactors, high voltage peaks can create interferences.

An overvoltage suppressor (or surge suppressor) is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes. A surge suppressor attempts to regulate the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground voltages above a safe threshold.

These surge suppressors are built in to the latest Pacemaker models and machine controls (from 2009).

Check, if one or more modules of the surge suppressors are red/defect. Replace the red modules.

Attention!!!

Do not bridge the signalling contacts and run the machine with defective red modules because they no longer protect the system from voltage peaks!!!
If the modules are defective, check the main supply. Measure and check all voltages between the phases and all phases to earth before exchange the modules and restart the machine.

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• Check function and the contamination of the ventilators.
  • If necessary clean or change them.