Kikusui PMC 18-5A - Connection and Setup Procedure; Starting and Ending Series Operation

PMC-A 53
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Basic Operation
• External monitoring of output voltage (V MON)
Can be monitored on each unit.
For the total output voltage, sum the monitor values of each
units.
• External monitoring of output current (I MON)
The output current of each unit can be monitored.
• Status monitors
The status of the constant voltage operation (CV STA-
TUS), constant current operation (CC STATUS), output
on, and POWER switch on can be monitored on each unit.
■ Alarm
The alarm detected by single unit of the PMC-A can be also
detected under the series operation.
Connection and setup procedure
1. Turn off the OUTPUT and POWER switches on all
power supplies that are to be connected in series.
2. Set the OVP trip point on all power supplies.
3. Set the current that can be supplied to the load on all
power supplies.
4. Connect the power supplies as shown in Fig. 4-6.
The figure shows the case when two slave power supplies are
connected in series.
Starting and ending series operation
To start series operation, turn on the POWER switch one by
one in an arbitrary order with the OUTPUT switch on all power
supplies turned off.
To stop series operation, turn off the OUTPUT switch on all
power supplies, and then turn off the POWER switch one by
one in an arbitrary order.