Chapter 5 – Commissioning the Drive Section
ACS 600 MultiDrive 5-5
Connecting Voltage to 
Drive Section 
The table below describes how to connect voltage to the Drive Section.
Action Information
WARNING! When connecting voltage to the Supply Unit, the DC busbars will become 
live, as will all the inverters connected to the DC busbars.
Make sure that it is safe to connect voltage to the Supply Unit. Ensure that:
• Nobody is working on the unit or circuits that are wired from outside into the cabinets.
• It is safe to start the motor.
• All cabinet doors are closed.
WARNING! 
Drive Section with a disconnecting switch
When the drive section disconnecting switch (switch fuse) and the main breaker/
contactor of the Supply Section are closed, the drive section is powered through the 
charging circuitry even though the main fuses of the drive section (e.g. fuses in the 
switch fuse) are removed. When the drive section disconnecting switch is opened the 
fuses in it can be removed and inserted but not the charging circuit fuses which are 
live! 
Drive Section without a disconnecting switch
If the drive sections only have fuses without a main switch, all the sections which have 
the fuses installed will be powered to a voltage of 1.35
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 when the main breaker/
contactor closes. To prevent this, remove the fuses from the drive sections which you 
do not wish to receive power. If the drive section is not equipped with a main switch, 
the drive section must only be energised/de-energised by operating the main breaker/
contactor in the supply section. When the main breaker/contactor of the Supply 
Section is closed (DC busbar is live), never remove or insert the fuses of a drive 
section.
DRIVE SECTION EQUIPPED WITH AN OPTIONAL MAIN DISCONNECTING SWITCH
1. Frames R2i to R4i 
Turn the main disconnecting switch of the drive section 
(switch fuse) to ON position. 
Charging circuit is implemented 
internally. After the charging is 
finished, a relay contact will 
bypass the resistor.
2. Frames R5i to R6i 
Turn the main disconnecting switch of the drive section 
(switch fuse) to ON position. 
Charging circuit is implemented 
internally. After the charging is 
finished, a relay contact will 
bypass the resistor.