{"id":850,"date":"2015-11-23T15:41:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/?p=850"},"modified":"2020-03-05T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:30:37","slug":"control-techniques-focus-3-drives-troubleshooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/control-techniques-focus-3-drives-troubleshooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Techniques Focus 3 Drives Troubleshooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-hyphens justify\">The Control Techniques <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/control-techniques\/focus-dc\/1\">Focus 3 drive<\/a> is a single-phase analog drive for DC motors. &nbsp;The Focus 3 provides anywhere from \u00bc to 5 horsepower and has 2 regenerative and 2 non-regenerative chassis units.&nbsp; Several measures can be taken to keep your drive functioning its best:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"no-hyphens justify\">\n<li>Be sure to keep your drive free of dust, dirt, oil, caustic atmosphere and excessive moisture.<\/li>\n<li>The control should always be set away from any machines that have a high ambient temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Air flow should not be restricted by other equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the drive away from high vibration areas that could cause the connections to loosen or chafe the wires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The most common drive failures in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/control-techniques\/1\">Control Techniques<\/a> Focus 3 Drive series are fairly easy fixes.&nbsp; They are most often a loose or broken wire connection, circuit grounding within the interconnections\/power wiring, or a mechanical failure at the motor.&nbsp; It is important to check all wiring and look for blown fuses prior to making adjustments or replacing any components.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help repairing your drive we are here to help.&nbsp; We having been repairing customers drives for years and pride ourselves on being cost effective, with a fast turnaround.&nbsp; For questions about our repair process please contact us at <a href=\"tel:1-800-691-8511\">1-800-691-8511<\/a> or email us at <a href=\"mailto:sales@mroelectric.om\">sales@mroelectric.om<\/a>.&nbsp; For more information or to see our list of Focus 3 drives available you can visit our product page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/control-techniques\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Control Techniques Focus 3 drive is a single-phase analog drive for DC motors. &nbsp;The Focus 3 provides anywhere from \u00bc to 5 horsepower and has 2 regenerative and 2 non-regenerative chassis units.&nbsp; Several measures can be taken to keep your drive functioning its best: Be sure to keep your drive free of dust, dirt, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-control-techniques","category-troubleshooting-and-repair"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Control Techniques Focus 3 Drives Troubleshooting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Control Techniques Focus 3 drives are a single-phase analog drive for DC motors. 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