Help with broken/ smoking HY02D223B VFD on Openbuilds platemaker

[Muzzer]

When I read "I haven't had an Huanyang VFD go faulty now for at least 4yrs and I've fit over 40 sets just in the last 12 months and probably 200+ in the last 5yrs, so I'd say they are fairly reliable now", that sounds like a "recommendation" to me but perhaps I misread that.

It doesn't bother me either way but based on your experience, I'd replace the old HY with a modern one. No offence meant!

[JAZZCNC]

When I read "I haven't had an Huanyang VFD go faulty now for at least 4yrs and I've fit over 40 sets just in the last 12 months and probably 200+ in the last 5yrs, so I'd say they are fairly reliable now", that sounds like a "recommendation" to me but perhaps I misread that.

It doesn't bother me either way but based on your experience, I'd replace the old HY with a modern one. No offence meant!

No, it was a statement based on my experience and a fact!. .No offence was taken at all.

Whether to replace with a New HY or spend probably 3 to 4 times on a more industrial or "named brand" is a personal choice I suppose.?

But here is what I say to my smaller business customers who might show concerns regards the Chinese Spindles which we fit (that come with HY VFD's.) but don't have the budget for brand name spindles like HSD that cost 10 to 20 x the price or where downtime is an important factor.

Just buy a spare and put it on a shelf if you are concerned because it's still at least a factor of 10 cheaper .?

The 2.2Kw spindle with VFD costs less than £300, where a brand name like HSD the spindle alone would cost 10 x that which means it's not feasible to have a spare for a small business.
This way your downtime if it did happen is less than 1 hour, not days or weeks. BUT . . .Worst case if they don't want to invest in a spare then because we are fitting them all the time we always have them on Stock so worst case your downtime is 1 to 2 days, not weeks.

That said I have at least 6 customers who have done this and to my knowledge, they are still sat on the shelf and some are over 5yrs old now which says a lot.
Cheap doesn't always mean rubbish!