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Safety instructions 
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Grounding 
 
  These instructions are intended for all who are responsible for the 
grounding of the drive. Incorrect grounding can cause physical injury, 
death and/or equipment malfunction and increase electromagnetic 
interference. 
 
 
WARNING! 
 
 
 
•  Ground the drive, motor and adjoining equipment to ensure 
personnel safety in all circumstances, and to reduce 
electromagnetic emission and pick-up. 
  •  Make sure that grounding conductors are adequately sized and 
marked as required by safety regulations. 
  •  In a multiple-drive installation, connect each drive separately to 
protective earth (PE  ). 
  •  Minimize EMC emission and make a 360° high frequency 
grounding (e.g. conductive sleeves) of screened cable entries at 
the cabinet lead-through plate. 
  •  Do not install a drive equipped with an EMC filter to an 
ungrounded power system or a high resistance-grounded (over 30 
ohms) power system. 
 
 
Note: 
 
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Power cable shields are suitable as equipment grounding 
conductors only when adequately sized to meet safety regulations. 
  •  As the normal leakage current of the drive is higher than 3.5 mA 
AC or 10 mA DC (stated by EN 50178, 5.2.11.1), a fixed protective 
earth connection is required.