Car2012te series rectifier, Data sheet, Failure predictions – GE Industrial Solutions CAR2012TE series User Manual

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GE

Data Sheet

CAR2012TE series rectifier

Input: 85Vac to 264Vac; Output: 12 Vdc @ 2000W; 3.3Vdc or 5 Vdc @ 4A

February 9, 2014

©2013 General Electric Company. All rights reserved.

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to xxxx000 (depending on which device is being addressed
within the power supply) until the power supply configures its
address.

The recommended procedure for hot plug is the following:
The system controller should poll the module_present signal
to verify when a power supply is inserted into the system.

When a new module is detected the system controller should
cease any communications with the power system for 15
seconds. At the end of the time out all communications can

resume. Note that although hot-plug should not affect
ongoing communications, if a discrepancy should arise the

error should get picked up by the PEC calculation. Ofcourse
the system controller could always use the module_present
signal as an indicator to ignore communications that are

currently taking place.

Failure predictions

Alarm warnings that do not cause a shutdown are indicators
of potential future failures of the power supply. For example,
if a thermal sensor failed, a warning is issued but an

immediate shutdown of the power supply is not warranted.

Another example of potential predictive failure mechanisms
can be derived from information such as fan speed when

multiple fans are used in the same power supply. If the speed
of the fans varies by more than 20% from each other, this is

an indication of an impending fan wear out.

The goal is to identify problems early before a protective
shutdown would occur that would take the power supply out

of service.

Information only alarms:

The following alarms are for

information only, they do not cause a shutdown

Over temperature warning

V

out

out-of-limits (above 36Vdc)

Output voltage lower than bus

Unit in Power Limit

Thermal sensor failed

Or’ing (Isolation) test failure

Power delivery

Stby out of limits

Communication errors

LEDs

Two LEDs are located on the front faceplate. The AC_OK LED
provides visual indication of the INPUT signal function. When
the LED is ON GREEN the power supply input is within normal

design limits.

The second LED DC/FLT is a dual-state LED. When GREEN
there are no faults and DC output is present. When ‘blinking’

a fault condition exists but the power supply may still provide
some output power. When RED , a fault condition exists and
the power supply has been shut down, it does not provide

any output power.

Alarm Table

Test Condition

LED Indicator

Monitoring Signals

LED1

INPUT OK

Tri-Color LED2

Temp OK/DC OK / Fault

FAULT

DC OK

INPUT OK

TEMP OK

1 Normal

Operation

Green

Green

High High High High

2

Out of range INPUT

Blinking

? High

?

Pulsing

High

3 No

Input

OFF

OFF

High

Low

Low

High

4 OVP

Green

Red

Low Low High High

5 Over

Current

Green

Blinking

High Low High High

6

Over Temp Warning

Green

Blinking Orange

High

High High Pulsing

7

Over Temp Fault

Green

Red

Low Low High Low

8 Remote

ON

Green

Green

High High High High

9 Remote

OFF

Green

OFF High

Low

High

High

Notes: Test condition #2 and #3 had 2 modules plug in. One module is running and the other one is with no/low AC.

Test condition #5, The DC_OK signal responds to two independent conditions. It can activate either for loss of output because of an overload

condition, or it can activate because of the impending loss of output voltage because input power has been interrupted. In case of an

overload condition, depending on how deep is the overload, sufficient holdup may not be present to provide the required delay prior to the

regulation going below 10.8 V

DC

.


Blinking of the overload LED will not occur until the output voltage decayed about 0.3V from its regulation point. During hiccup, blinking
occurs only during the ON-time state.


? – module output could be either ON or OFF dependent on output loading and internal capability.

Blinking frequency: 0.5 seconds ON, 0.5 seconds OFF.

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