Product Description
This DS200SSBAG1BAA EX2000 Snubber Card is a crucial part of General Electric's Mark V Series, as mentioned earlier. This DS200SSBAG1BAA EX2000 Snubber Card is additionally attributable to the EX2000 Excitation Control subseries within the Mark V, given its official instructional manual-included functional product description. This SSBA-abbreviated EX2000 Snubber Card's Mark V Series is a series of drive control and management systems utilized primarily in gas, wind, and steam turbine applications. The Mark V Series that this DS200SSBAG1BAA product offering belongs to, while one of the more recently-developed Speedtronic-powered product series from General Electric, is also considered a legacy series, as it has been discontinued in recent years by its General Electric manufacturer. This DS200SSBAG1BAA EX2000 Snubber Card is actually not the original or even based-revised device with its functionality to exist within General Electric's Mark V Turbine Control System Series. The original EX2000 Snubber Card manufactured for the Mark V Series is the DS200SSBAG1 parent printed circuit board, missing all three of this DS200SSBAG1BAA PCB's three significant product revisions.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
As with any product offering made available to the Mark V Series, this DS200SSBAG1BAA EX2000 Snubber Card is accompanied by a functional product number that reveals its own set of valuable hardware information. The DS200SSBAG1BAA functional product number begins with the DS200 Series grouping tag detailing this DS200SSBAG1BAA PCB's normal assembly style and domestic location of manufacture, and codes for other product-specific hardware information including:
- The SSBA functional product acronym
- A normal style of PCB protective coating
- A group one Mark V Series product grouping
- One B-rated primary functional product revision
- One A-rated secondary functional product revision
- An A-rated artwork configuration product revision
Moving beyond the information attainable through the DS200SSBAG1BAA product number itself, the GE DC300 Drive Snubber Board DS200SSBAG1BAA features one 2-pin connector, 3 capacitors, and four posts for attaching cables. The capacitors are identified as MOV1, MOV2, and MOV3. The identifiers are printed on the board next to the capacitors. Because there are multiple cables connected to the board that have to be disconnected and then reconnected to the replacement board, there are several guidelines to follow to avoid errors during the replacement process that might cause the servicer to attach the cables to the wrong terminals.
Before you remove the defective board from the drive, examine the cables attached to the terminals and note the IDs assigned to the terminals, as instructed in original General Electric instructions. Write on a tag or sticker the ID of the connector to which each cable is attached and attach it to the cable. There is also a 2-pin connector on the board; however, since there is only one 2-pin connector you can disconnect it without attaching a tag or sticker to it. Make sure to find an angle that provides you with a good view of the board cabinet so that you can remove the board without damaging other boards or components in the drive. Carefully insert the screwdriver into one of the screws and loosen the screws; it might be helpful to use one hand to guide the screwdriver to the screw. Hold the screw with one hand when you remove it and keep all the screws and washers together and ready to be used when you install the replacement.
