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CE–EMC Installation Guidelines

Appendix D

CE–EMC Installation Guidelines

You are required to satisfy the EMC directive (89/336/EEC) when using an SJ300 inverter in an EU country. To satisfy the EMC directive and to comply with standard, follow the guidelines in this section.

1.As user you must ensure that the HF (high frequency) impedance between adjustable frequency inverter, filter, and ground is as small as possible.

•Ensure that the connections are metallic and have the largest possible contact areas (zinc- plated mounting plates).

2.Avoid conductor loops that act like antennas, especially loops that encompass large areas.

•Avoid unnecessary conductor loops.

•Avoid parallel arrangement of low-level signal wiring and power-carrying or noise-prone conductors.

3.Use shielded wiring for the motor cable and all analog and digital control lines.

•Allow the effective shield area of these lines to remain as large as possible; i.e., do not strip away the shield (screen) further away from the cable end than absolutely necessary.

•With integrated systems (for example, when the adjustable frequency inverter is commu- nicating with some type of supervisory controller or host computer in the same control cabinet and they are connected at the same PE-potential), connect the shields of the control lines to ground + PE (protective earth) at both ends. With distributed systems (for example the communicating supervisory controller or host computer is not in the same control cabinet and there is a distance between the systems), we recommend connecting the shield of the control lines only at the end connecting to the adjustable frequency inverter. If possible, route the other end of the control lines directly to the cable entry section of the supervisory controller or host computer. The shield conductor of the motor cables always must connected to PE at both ends.

•To achieve a large area contact between shield and PE-potential, use a PG screw with a metallic shell, or use a metallic mounting clip.

•Use only cable with braided, tinned copper mesh shield (type “CY”) with 85% coverage.

•The shielding continuity should not be broken at any point in the cable. If the use of reactors, contactors, terminals, or safety switches in the motor output is necessary, the unshielded section should be kept as short as possible.

•Some motors have a rubber gasket between terminal box and motor housing. Very often, the terminal boxes, and particularly the threads for the metal PG screw connections, are painted. Make sure there is always a good metallic connection between the shielding of the motor cable, the metal PG screw connection, the terminal box, and the motor housing. If necessary, carefully remove paint between conducting surfaces.

4.Take measures to minimize interference that is frequently coupled in through installation cables.

•Separate interfering cables with 0.25m minimum from cables susceptible to interference. A particularly critical point is laying parallel cables over longer distances. If two cables intersect (one crosses over the other), the interference is smallest if they intersect at an angle of 90°. Cables susceptible to interference should therefore only intersect motor cables, intermediate circuit cables, or the wiring of a rheostat at right angles and never be laid parallel to them over longer distances.

5.Minimize the distance between an interference source and an interference sink (inter- ference-threatened device), thereby decreasing the effect of the emitted interference on the interference sink.

•You should use only interference-free devices and maintain a minimum distance of 0.25 m from the adjustable frequency inverter.