About the DS3800DMEC
This particular DS3800DMEC printed circuit board product offering from General Electric was originally designed and manufactured specifically with the company's patented mark IV Turbine Control System Series in mind. The Mark IV Series that this DS3800DMEC product belongs to is rather self-explanatory, at least based off of its full extended product series name, as its specific applications exist in the control and management systems of General Electric-compatible gas and steam turbine automated drive assemblies. This is not quite the all-encompassing functional applications seen in later-released General Electric Mark product series iterations such as the Mark VI Series, which had a series of applications in further alternative energy-geared setting such as in General Electric-compatible wind turbine automated assemblies. This DS3800DMEC printed circuit board or PCB for short's greater Mark IV Series must be defined as a now-obsolete legacy GE product series generally, as it was discontinued for manufacture in one of the many years beyond its original rollout due to a manufacturer-identified full-series functional obsolescence.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The GE MD Exciter Control Board DS3800DMEC features 7 terminals for attaching additional components to the board, and 2 indicator LEDs. The GE MD Exciter Control Board DS3800DMEC also is populated with 14 trimmer resistors, 20 jumpers, 1 20-pin ribbon cable, and 1 34-pin ribbon cable. The 20-pin and 34-pin ribbon cables are not cables that can be disconnected from the board. They are attached to the board and they provide the means through which the board receives signals and power from the drive. When you install the drive, you will find that there is a location designated for the board with a 20-pin and 34-pin connectors adjacent to it. First, use screws to attach the board to the rack, then connect the ribbon cables to the designated connectors. Ribbon cables are fragile and require some special consideration. Generally, any diode, rectifier, capacitor, resistor, or integrated circuit made available to the normal Mark IV Series assembly version of this DS3800DMEC printed circuit board product offering should be considered part of a broader voltage limitation strategy standardized to the rest of the Mark IV Series Suite by General Electric. Given this DS3800DMEC device's eccentrically-developed DS3800DMEC functional product number, it is unfortunately unknown whether or not this DS3800DMEC PCB is the originally-developed product of its specific Mark IV Series functionality, although its DS3800DMEC functional product number seems to point to a standard, base-revised status.
When you connect the ribbon cable do not put stress on the cable because there is minimal support given to the cable. If you pull on the connector you can easily pull out the strands of wire that connect the cable and the connector at the end of it. Instead, gently grasp the connector and press it into the connector on the board. Make sure there is plenty of slack in the cable. Also, look for space in the connector on the board. Press down on the ribbon cable connector to ensure that all pins are fully seated. When you remove the board, first disconnect the ribbon cable so that it is not damaged if it is pulled out and damaged. Given this DS3800DMEC printed circuit board product offering's attribution to a now-obsolete legacy General Electric product series, it should not be all too surprising to find out that it is not followed online by its full amount of originally-developed General Electric instructional manual materials. With this in mind, the DS3800DMEC functional product number can act as a decent supplementary souce of DS3800DMEC Board hardware detail, as it codes for various aspects through its consecutive selection of hardware-describing naming components. For example, this DS3800DMEC functional product number starts with the dual-functioning DS3800 series tag responsible for describing this DS3800DMEC PCB's normal Mark IV Series assembly version as well as its domestic original manufacture location. Some of the other relevant hardware details in the DS3800DMEC functional product number include this DS3800DMEC PCB's:
- DMEC functional product acronym
