Winding Shorted Turn-To-Turn Winding With Shorted Coil
Winding Shorted Turn-To-Turn Winding With Shorted Coil
Winding Shorted Turn-To-Turn Winding With Shorted Coil
improper operating conditions, what can happen to the electric 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are
either electrical, mechanical or motor winding and it can help to originated from incorrect use.
environmental, the winding life identify the causes for the Therefore, not considered as
will be significantly reduced. failures so that preventative warranty.
actions can be taken.
1 WINDING SHORTED
TURN-TO-TURN 2 WINDING WITH
SHORTED COIL
3 WINDING GROUNDED
AT THE EDGE OF SLOT 4 WINDING GROUNDED
AT THE SLOT
5 SHORTED
CONNECTION 6 WINDING DAMAGED
DUE TO OVERLOAD
7 DAMAGE CAUSED BY
LOCKED ROTOR 8 WINDING DAMAGED
BY VOLTAGE SURGE
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9 WINDING SHORTED
PHASE-TO-PHASE 10 WINDING SINGLE-
PHASED (Y-connected)
11 WINDING SINGLE-
PHASED ( -connected) 12 PHASE DAMAGE DUE
TO UNBALANCED
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
13 AUXILIARY
DAMAGED
COIL
14 MAIN COIL DAMAGED
Picture number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9: Picture number 12:
These pictures show insulation defects caused by The insulation burn out in one phase of the stator
contaminants, abrasion or voltage fluctuation. winding can be a result of uneven voltage between
phases. Uneven voltages are usually caused by
Picture number 6: unbalanced loads in the power supply originated
The complete insulation burning out on all phases by poor connections at motor terminals or by bad
of the three-phase winding is caused by motor contact. 1% of voltage unbalance can cause a
overload. Under or overvoltages cause the same current unbalance from 6% to 10%.
type of failure.
Picture number 13:
Picture number 7: The auxiliary coil or starting burn out is normally
The complete insulation burn out on all phases is caused by the non-opening of the centrifugal and
normally caused by high currents in the stator stationary switch set where this coil remains
winding due to locked rotor. This can also occur switched on longer than the specified time.
due to excessive starts and reversions. Foreign bodies that might penetrate into the motor
can cause this defect.
Picture number 8:
Insulation defects such as this are normally caused Picture number 14:
by voltage peaks that often occur in the power An overload causes a complete insulation burn out
circuit commutation, atmospheric discharge, of the single-phase winding main coil.
semi-conductors power devices and capacitor Undervoltages, overvoltages or even when the
discharge. auxiliary coil is not duly connected during the
starting cause the same type of failure.
Pictures number 10 and 11:
The winding single-phase defect is a consequence
of an interruption in one power supply phase. This
defect is normally caused by a burnt fuse, open
contactor, one power supply interrupted or poor
connection.
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