Installation
5
5.1 Mechanical installation
5.1.1 Mounting orientation and clearance
 
 
 
WARNING
Depending on the mounting method selected, you MUST mount the inverter vertically
● in a cabinet or
● in a cabinet, but with the inverter heasink extending outside the cabinet.
Do NOT mount the inverter horizontally in the cabinet. 
 
Mounting orientation 
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Figure 5-1 Mounting orientation
When performing vertical mounting, you can mount the inverter with an angle of 87° to 90° 
between inverter and horizontal surface. See figure below for details: 
SINAMICS V10
Operating Instructions, 08/2011, A5E03453178 (this is not an order number) 21