What to do if the bus current is low
Check the DC bus capacitors for signs of deterioration and inspect rectifier components for faults that could disrupt voltage conversion. What could cause the DC bus voltage on a drive to drop when the motor is heavily loaded? Cause for DC bus voltage to drop when the motor is loaded? In this case, as the speed of the motor increases, and/or as the load on the motor increases, the DC bus voltage is dropping and the motor current is. A bus can carry DC (direct current) or AC (alternating current) depending on the application. Inside a variable-frequency drive that controls an industrial motor, for example, incoming AC power is converted to DC and stored on an internal DC bus before being converted back to AC at whatever. If i hold the SMBus lines low for 'bus low time' (5 seconds) while charging or discharging (current = 2A) the BQ20Z95 reports current as 23mA. A fault is placed on the bus based on the options set up in the Short Circuit Options dialog box on the Control, Text Output, and One-line Output tabs.
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