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 Post subject: How in-depth do you go?
PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 9:47 am 

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Question based on some recent info-gathering I did:

How much detail do you all include when modeling a 480V VFD control cabinet in an industrial setting?

Let's say you have an 8'-tall VFD cabinet that's fed out of an MCC bucket. It in turn feeds a 150HP pump. In this order, the cabinet has: an incoming MCCB, a PF correction reactor, CTs with a digital overload trip unit (tied into contacts on the VFD), a strange 3-phase-to-9-phase transformer, a pulse rectifier, and the VFD. It may or may not have a capacitor bank as well for filtering. 3'-8' of conductors between each component.

How much of that would you typically model? In your experiences, how much of that affects the AFC or IE?


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 Post subject: Re: How in-depth do you go?
PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 12:34 pm 
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This thread and video explains my position on it.

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 Post subject: Re: How in-depth do you go?
PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 1:03 pm 

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Somehow I missed this at the time. I'll watch it today.


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