Skeletons in my Closet!

[supremewhirlpol]

Condensing valve connected. I have not taped the connectors yet

 

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H/C water valves

 

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something is missing here...

 

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I'm missing the neutral wire! Interesting that I found it at the front of the machine!

 

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I feel better about the terminal block now.

 

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There's a unbalanced leg switch and the speed changer motor that I have to trace wires to now...

 

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Time to wire the contactors...

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Contactor for VFD:
110VAC coil : 220VAC load

 

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VFD wired to contactor to terminal block

 

[supremewhirlpol]

I got the feeling that who ever was playing with this machine is the past almost got their ### handed to them. This connector is from one of the elements going to the thermostat.

 

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Connector on the thermostat is even worse! Almost ready to test, except, I have one wire left.

 

[starrail]

Primus

I got here loking for information on Primus W series washer/extractors. Its good to know at least one other person has Primus knowledge. I hope to gain more.

Jack aka [email protected]

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Hi Jack, I sent you an email.

Ok, I've got the switching logic down now. Apparently that dark Blue wire was important! I ended up having to do some wiring due to the centrifugal switch of the motor and terminal box no longer being present. Wiring is a mess currently.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

There are 3 contactors, one for the pump, one for switching terminal that was on the original motor, the other contactor is for the VFD. This is a picture of the pump contactor buried in some of the wiring.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

This is the switching contactor. It serves as the replacement for the terminal box in the original motor. The terminal box on the original motor is controlled by the centrifugal switch. It controls the other side of the Calrods, the water valve solenoids, the timer motor. Its configuration may change as I test this machine. It was difficult to figure out what was happening in side of the box, due to the wiring schematics being very vague.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

The VFD contactor: nothing changed here

 

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A test video of the switching logic has been uploaded.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Let the Programming begin shall we?

The ABB 140 series VFD is very versatile for industrial machine controls. Has 8 application macros, 42 groups of parameters with >= 10 programmable parameters per group. Can take PID controls, serial RS-232, RS-485. I would post the manual pages, but I'm sure that would be violating some stupid copyright law, so I will post the parameters that I have programmed. When I do post the parameters, they will go in the follow order: Parameter Number, description, parameter. This will take a while:

 

[supremewhirlpol]

VFD Programming

Programming the Basic parameters:
Group 99: start-up data:
9902 - Application Macro

The ACS 140 series has 8 macros with predefined advanced settings for common applications. These are here to help make things simpler.

Default = 0(FACTORY MACRO) You can keep this setting if the i/o arrangement and drive configuration fits your needs.

I use Macro 3 = ALTERNATE

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Here is the specifics on the macro I've chosen