About the DS200CDBAG1
This DS200CDBAG1 printed circuit board product offering or PCB for short is, as mentioned previously, a Contactor Driver Board manufactured by General Electric for placement in their Mark V Turbine Control System Series automated drive assembly. This DS200CDBAG1 PCB's greater Mark V Series is no longer in active production, given its eventual manufacturing discontinuation that was necessitated by the industry-wide obsolescence of many of its product offerings. With this being true, the Mark V Series that this DS200CDBAG1 printed circuit board or PCB for short is a member of is still one of the final General Electric Mark product series to incorporate their patented Speedtronic control system technology into its various offerings. This DS200CDBAG1 PCB is defined in original instructional manual materials through the official functional product description of a Contactor Driver Board, and it does exist as the original base-revised version of this intended Mark V Series functional role, as indicated by its DS200CDBAG1 functional product number's lack of any trailing, revision-indicating alphanumeric digits.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The GE Contactor Driver Board DS200CDBAG1 opens and closes a contactor within its greater Mark V Series automated drive assembly. Before you touch the board for installation, make sure you remove power to drive and test the board to make sure no power is in the board. Also, do not remove the board while the drive is receiving power. Static electricity can damage a board. Use a grounding strap to work on the board and store the board in a static protective bag. The DS200CDBAG1 has one jumper. JP1 is a 3 pin jumper and it used only for factory testing purposes. Keep pins 1 and 2 covered for normal operation. When pins 2 and 3 are covered, it is reserved only for factory use. The DS200CDBAG1 also features a potentiometer that is used to control the amount of current applied to the contactor coil. This is set at the factory and it is best practice to not change it. Voltage limitation in the assembly of this DS200CDBAG1 Mark V Turbine Control System Series product offering is handled the same way it is for a majority of General Electric Speedtronic products; through its internal assembly's acceptance of various voltage-limiting hardware components including capacitors, rectifiers, diodes, and integrated circuits. In addition to this, a normal level of daily wear and tear protection and insulated is afforded to the base circuit board and components of this DS200CDBAG1 product offering as a result of its normal style of PCB protective coating, which envelops and protects individual DS200CDBAG1 Board hardware components on the basis of their functional priority.
The DS200CDBAG1 also has test points you can use for testing the operation of the board. One test point is the common reference point for the board. One test point is the 15V DC test point as referenced to the common reference point. One test point is for the contactor driver reference voltage. The connector 1TB on the DS200CDBAG1 board consists of four sections (1TBA, 1TBB, 1TBC, and 1TBD). Carefully note the locations of the connectors on the board and use a screwdriver to pry apart the sections. The replacement board might have the connectors in different locations so care must be taken to plug the sections into the correct connectors. One fuse is additionally available to the assembly of this DS200CDBAG1 Mark V Series product offering; this fuse is designated in original instructional manual materials as a a 4 amp, 125 V, 2AG slow-blow fuse that is meant to be replaced if it continually blows (this is generally true of any DS200CDBAG1 board component).
