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 BASIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1.4  Electrical connection
 DANGER
Voltage at the terminals and in the device!
Danger to life due to electric shock!
 ► Never work on the open device or never touch exposed parts.
 ► Foranyworkontheunitswitchothesupplyvoltageandsecureit
against switching on.
 ► In spite of missing supply voltage, the Active Front End can continue 
to modulate, e.g. in regenerative operation. The isolation from sup-
ply must be checked.
 ► Wait until all drives has stopped in order that no regenerative energy 
can be generated.
 ► Await capacitor discharge time (5 minutes) if necessary, measure 
DC voltage at the terminals.
 ► If personal protection is required, install suitable protective devices 
for drive converters.
 ► Never bridge upstream protective devices (also not for test pur-
poses).
 ► Always connect the protective earth conductor to drive converter 
and motor.
 ► Install all required covers and protective devices for operation.
 ► The control cabinet shall be kept closed during operation.
For a trouble-free and safe operation, please pay attention to the following instructions:
•  The electrical installation shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant re-
quirements.
•  Cable cross-sections and fuses must be dimensioned by the user according to the 
speciedminimum/maximumvaluesfortheapplication.
•  Drive converters are only intended for permanent connection. Cross-sections of pro-
tective earth conductors should be interpreted in accordance with DIN IEC 60364-
5-54 .
•  Power systems in which a phase conductor is grounded (e.g. delta mains) are not 
allowed for the Active-Front-End.
•  With existing or newly wired circuits the person installing the units or machines must 
ensure that the PELV requirements are met.
•  For drive converters that are not isolated from the supply circuit (in accordance with 
EN 61800-5-1) all control lines must be included in other protective measures (e.g. 
double insulation or shielded, earthed and insulated).
•  When using components without isolated inputs/outputs, it is necessary that equipo-
tential bonding exists between the components to be connected (e.g. by the equipo-
tential line). Disregard can cause destruction of the components by the equalizing 
currents.
•  UseonlytheKEBspeciedAFE-/LCLlter.