I’m having trouble getting my 2.2KW Spindle running. My VFD is a Model D100. I found wiring diagrams online and have no trouble understanding them. I suspect my settings in the VFD are incorrect. I’m just trying to bench test the spindle at this time, using the control panel on the VFD directly. When I press run and turn the knob I see my frequency displayed up to 400hz, and I can hear a whine coming from the spindle that corresponds with changes in the frequency, but it’s not turning. Any ideas??
You have 2 of the 3 wires connected. Typically only 1-3 pins under the cap are used.
@Brandon_Satterfield I have pins 1-3 on the spindle connected. Here’s a video to show the wiring and what’s happening.
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@Dave_Qualley there is a jumper installed, what is this for, the red wire?
Still going wrong leads connected. The cap of the spindle, remove this, and try a different combination of the wires. Still sounds exactly like 2 of 3 leads hooked up.
@Brandon_Satterfield Thanks Brandon. I opened up the spindle just now. The wiring inside looked OK. I decided to try powering it up again and it still did the same thing. A gentle wiggle of the wires inside the spindle and it came to life. Put the cap back on it stopped working again. Opened it up a 2nd time, wiggled some more, then closed it up again. It’s working for now, but it seems there’s a loose connection somewhere inside the spindle. I put a meter on my wiring up to the soldered on connector and it’s rock solid. I’ll open up the spindle again and peel back the heatshrink on the solder connections inside, perhaps the factory made a bad solder joint that I can’t see.
@Dave_Qualley will be interested to see your findings and will do a bit of research on this side as well.
Still pulling my hair out on this. The factory solders on the motor connector were hideous, so I fixed them up. I can’t get the motor to run at all now though. If I disconnect the spindle and measure the outputs of the VFD it appears I’m getting balanced voltages. Measuring the terminals on the spindle shows no shorts and 1.5ohms on each coil. When I connect the spindle and check continuity through the connector all three wires are good. When I set the VFD to run the trip light comes on and within 3-5 seconds shuts down and I get an E005 code. I’m at a complete loss. The spindle checks out good on its own, the VFD seems good on its own, but together they’re no good.