800w spindle - noise & controlling remotely

[HankMcSpank]

well, I've had a bit more dabble with some of the VFD parameters. I found the base frequency voltage setting (which was set to 230V ...Im assuming this is the max peak to peak height of the pulse train that the VFD puts out?)

Anyway, I set it low (right down to 60V)....but the VFD is still tripping with an overload condition (& I noticed a peeeoooo space invader type sound eminating from the inside spindle itself just before the VFD trips, but this might be the VFD shutting down causing that sound).

there's surprisingly little info out there about typical winding arranbgement & readings for these spindles (like I say I was reading 3 ohms between pins which seems stupidly low, cos if my calculations are correct DC output of 230V, will yield an RMS Voltage of 84V which infers 28Amps!! (but there again, I could have all this wrong!).

Also, back to the spindle internals....does anyone have a link to a diagram of the typical coil arrangement inside?

I'm 80% certain it's the spindle...begs the question has anyone upgraded & got an 800W water cooled spindle lying around they wanna sell?!

Read the manual. the VFD stores last trips, you can go there and check what happened exactly, so no need to measure anything. During operation you can also monitor A, V and so on calling them on the display with a button.

Alas, the menu structure, naming convention (& indeed the manual itself), is anything but intuitive!