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I work on lasers that use a buck/boost with 16 tap possibilities on 3
phase all the time, and I used to use the same units in theatrical touring service until more modern solid state lasers dominated the laser show industry. . From that perspective, I'm amazed at the replies here that have failed to ask two simple questions. I will state that I never met a house electrician who ever looked at the rating plate on the gear, although I did have a few that asked about phase sequences. Two, I never met a house electrician who ever checked anything hooked to the pigtail I gave him to connect, including "professional" rental generator technicians (actually they were the worst) In the theatrical business, it is up to the touring operator to check the local guys work, and in most cases, we preferred they stand in a corner and watch us, after your first blown passbank with 3 or 4 out of 22 power transistors blown in the laser, you get the idea to check the taps both preshow and under load condition. In one case I asked for 220/3, went to lunch, and came out to find 380V European power from the generator in my distro box, which is why the box had its own"tagged out" disconnect switch. Its a rotary switch in big modern generators, easy to mess up. Questions: One, Did the "electrician" hook straight to the machine's tappable control transformers, or did he meet a simple junction box on the side of the machine. If it were the later, I'd say he's off the hook. On the other hand if he was staring at a tap strip , he should have asked. There is also the possibility of a "cascade" of transformers in some machines, ie little CTs all over the place in the machine, that need tapped. ?????? Two, Did anybody bother to read the manual chapter on setup? Machine shop gear needs leveled and "trammed" when moved, its not a simple matter of tossing a CNC off the truck onto any old pad of concrete and expecting good parts to tolerances, and the first paragraph usually reads, something like "check settings" and have appropriate safety gear. ?????? The fault occurred months down the road, a instant " ![]() of sparks:" would point to the electrician, but months down the road is lack of due diligence on the part of the owner. |
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