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The micro also provides low motor current protection 
when it senses a motor current less than 10% FLA. The 
micro will shut the system down whenever low motor 
current is sensed and will lock out a system if three faults 
occur in 90 minutes. Low motor current pro tec tion is ac-
tivated 4 seconds after start on both Wye-Delta and ACL 
starters to assure the motor starts, the sys tem doesn’t run 
with out refrigerant, the motor protector is not tripped, 
and the mechanical high pres sure cut-out is not tripped. 
Once the system is locked out on Low Motor Current, 
it must be manually reset with the sys tem switch. See 
also Motor Protection Module section below.
The micro senses low motor current whenever a HPCO 
or Motor Protector contact opens. This occurs because 
the MP and HPCO contacts are in series with the mo tor 
contactor. Whenever either of these devices are open, 
the contactor de-energizes and the motor shuts down. 
Since the micro is sending a run signal to the contactor, 
it senses the low motor current below 10% FLA and 
shuts the system down.
Motor Protection Modules (2ACE)
The mechanical motor protector is a Texas In stru ments 
2ACE Three Phase Protection Module (Fig. 73) pro-
vides thermal and cur rent motor overload pro tec tion. 
This mod ule also pro tects against phase to phase cur-
 rent im bal ance, over cur rent, under current, and phase 
ro ta tion. The mod ules, mount ed in the power pan els, 
uti liz es a 7 seg ment display which provides op er at ing 
sta tus  and  fault  di ag nos tic  in for ma tion.  The  7  segment 
dis play will dis play ei ther a sta tion ary or a fl ash ing al-
 pha nu mer ic  value  which  can  be  de cod ed  by  the  op er a tor. 
A list of the codes is shown in the table below.
Whenever a motor protector trips, the motor pro tec tor 
contacts wired in series with the motor contacts opens 
and the motor contactor de-energizes causing the mo-
 tor to stop. The micro senses the low motor current 
and shuts the system down. The micro will try two 
more starts be fore locking the system out. The system 
locks out be cause the motor protector is a man u al re-
 set  de vice.  Af ter  the  fi rst start, the modules’ contacts 
will be open pre vent ing the motor contactors from 
en er giz ing. Power must be removed and re applied to 
re set the mod ule. 
Current Overload
The 2ACE module design uses one integral current 
trans form er per phase to provide protection against 
rap id current over load conditions. The module re sponds 
to changes in current and must be cal i brat ed using DIP 
switches lo cat ed on the module. Integral trip curves al-
 low for in-rush cur rents dur ing Wye-Delta, part wind, 
or ACL starts with out nuisance tripping.
To check the factory setting of the 2ACE module cur rent 
overload trip value. See Table 1 (pages 18 and 19).
For the location of the dip switches and determining 
the OPEN side of the switches, refer to Fig ure 73. As 
in di cat ed, to place a switch in the ON po si tion re quires 
push ing the switch to the left.
A switch must be pushed to the 
left to place the switch in the ON 
position.  The numerical valve for 
the combination of "ON" switches 
equals the overload setting.
It is recommended that a YORK 
Ser vice  Tech ni cian  or  the  YORK 
fac to ry be con sult ed before chang ing 
these settings for any rea son, since 
dam age to the com pres sor could 
re sult. Chang es should nev er be 
made un less it is ver i fi ed that the 
set tings  are  in cor rect.
Product Description
HAXXX   Normal motor OFF display. Sequentially  
     sweeps through the motor protection dip  
     switch setting.
 0     Normal - no fault detected (Running) 
 Flashing “0”  Motor off or un load ed < 5A (Running) 
     AC current lev el. 
 1   High cur rent fault. 
 2
     Loaded phase to phase cur rent 
     imbalance >
 17%.
 3
     Unloaded phase to phase cur rent 
     imbalance >
 25%. 
 4   Improper in com ing phase ro ta tion. 
 5
     High motor tem per a ture. Trip point =  
     13kW, re set = 3.25kW. 
 6   Communication error.
 7    Unload imbalance ( > 
 50%)
 8   Phase Loss (> 60%)
 E     Out of range of RLA cal i bra tion.
 Other symbols Defective module or supply volt age.
 Working voltage 18 - 30 VAC, 24 VAC nominal. 
 Low volt age trip   = 15 VAC.