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EN – R0…R3 Quick installation guide
This guide briefly describes how to install the drive. For complete information on 
installation, see ACH580-01 hardware manual (3AUA0000076331 [English]). For 
start-up instructions, see chapter EN – Quick start-up guide on page 49. 
To read a manual, go to www.abb.com/drives/documents
 and search for the 
document number.
Obey the safety instructions
Check if capacitors need to be reformed
If the drive has not been powered (either in storage or unused) for over one year, you 
must reform the capacitors.
You can determine the manufacturing time from the serial number, which you find on 
the type designation label attached to the drive. The serial number is of format 
MYYWWRXXXX. YY and WW tell the manufacturing year and week as follows:
YY: 13, 14, 15, … for 2013, 2014, 2015, 
… 
WW: 01, 02, 03, … for week 1, week 2, week 3, 
…
For information on reforming the capacitors, see Converter module capacitor 
reforming instructions (3BFE64059629 [English]), available on the Internet at 
www.abb.com/drives/documents
. 
WARNING! Obey these instructions. If you ignore them, injury or death, or 
damage to the equipment can occur:
• If you are not a qualified electrician, do not do electrical installation work.
• Do not work on the drive, motor cable or motor when main power is applied. If 
the drive is already connected to the input power, wait for 5 minutes after 
disconnecting the input power.
• Do not work on the control cables when power is applied to the drive or to the 
external control circuits.
• Make sure that debris from borings and grindings does not enter the drive when 
installing.
• Make sure that the floor below the drive and the wall where the drive is installed 
are non-flammable.