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Craig
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Power supply commons

Post by Craig »

On one of the Centroid YouTube videos it say something like “Need to connect the commons of the power supplys.”

I have a Vfd, centroid power supply and this


Am I supposed to connect those 3?
cncsnw
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Re: Power supply commons

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No. They are talking about the 0V (COM) outputs of the AC-to-DC switching power supplies.

What you have pictured is a transformer (AC-to-AC), which would only be used for contactor coils. It does not need a shared common with the DC supplies.
Craig
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Re: Power supply commons

Post by Craig »

cncsnw wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:13 pm No. They are talking about the 0V (COM) outputs of the AC-to-DC switching power supplies.

What you have pictured is a transformer (AC-to-AC), which would only be used for contactor coils. It does not need a shared common with the DC supplies.
My Vfd and centroid power supply are AC to DC, should those commons be connected?
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Re: Power supply commons

Post by cncsnw »

No.
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