What to do when your Allen Bradley 1336 drive gives a fault code01/27/2017This is the story of Joe – maintenance tech at “the big plant”. It’s just another day at the plant for Joe, and all is going well, at least it was until the word came – “Line 1 is down!”. As luck would have it, line 1 is the most important line in the plant, and production was already doing all it could to keep up with the customer’s order. Not only is it the most important line, it’s also one that has been in service for quite a few years and contains a lot of obsolete control equipment. After some brief troubleshooting, it’s determined that an Allen Bradley 1336 drive is the problem, and it’s showing a Blwn Fuse Flt F58 on the display. OK, no problem Joe thinks, blown fuse coming to the drive. All check good, but the drives says it’s a blown fuse. OK, find the manual and get more info about this fault code. So he goes to the file cabinet that is supposed to have all the maintenance literature for line 1, but no 1336 manual is to be found – UGH! Yep, just another day at the big plant!. So Joe heads to the internet to find the manual. After a quick search, finding and downloading the manual, he looks for the chapter for fault codes. There they are - F1, F2, F3 . . . .. F35, F36, F37. . . WHAT?!?!?? No fault code higher than F37?? This drive has a F58! Well that’s just great. As usual, the production manager for the line asks for the 5th time in the last hour “How much longer??”, then shares some info that is very helpful “We’ve got to get this line back running – NOW!!” Joe was used to it – 20 years in the plant, yep – just another day at the plant! Back to the internet he goes, this time finding a link to Precision Electronic Services. Well, rather than spend all day trying to figure it out, why not call someone who knows the drives? A few taps on the phone buttons, a couple of minutes of recounting his issue, and Joe is told why the fault isn’t in the manual he downloaded – he’s looking at the wrong manual! His drive is a 1336 PLUS drive and his manual is for a standard 1336 drive. While on the phone he’s directed to the correct manual online and downloads it – now we’re getting somewhere! The problem turned out to be a blown buss fuse on the drive. After checking the power section carefully with the power off, Joe determines all looks OK, and decides to just replace the fuse and hope for the best. Luckily his static check of the power circuits was correct (those electronic classes did pay off!), the drive came up fine after the fuse replacement and the line was quickly put back into production - without a “thank you” from the production manager, of course. Just another day at the plant!What can we learn from Joe’s story you ask? 1. Allen Bradley 1336 drives come in MANY variations, and it’s important to have the right manual when working with one, and know which one you have. Here’s a list of the types with their respective model # prefixes:o 1336 = Standard 1336o 1336S = 1336 Pluso 1336E = 1336 Impacto 1336F = 1336 Plus IIo 1336T = 1336 Forceo 1336Z = 1336 Spider 2. Production managers can be a pain! Not all are, and it IS their job to get product out the door, so it’s understandable – usually! 3. When your 1336 drive gives problems, you can save yourself a lot of headache by calling the experienced professionals here at PES. We’ll do our best to guide you in the right direction to get the problem isolated and taken care of quickly. So call us today at 800-732-4695. Back To Blog
What to do when your Allen Bradley 1336 drive gives a fault code01/27/2017This is the story of Joe – maintenance tech at “the big plant”. It’s just another day at the plant for Joe, and all is going well, at least it was until the word came – “Line 1 is down!”. As luck would have it, line 1 is the most important line in the plant, and production was already doing all it could to keep up with the customer’s order. Not only is it the most important line, it’s also one that has been in service for quite a few years and contains a lot of obsolete control equipment. After some brief troubleshooting, it’s determined that an Allen Bradley 1336 drive is the problem, and it’s showing a Blwn Fuse Flt F58 on the display. OK, no problem Joe thinks, blown fuse coming to the drive. All check good, but the drives says it’s a blown fuse. OK, find the manual and get more info about this fault code. So he goes to the file cabinet that is supposed to have all the maintenance literature for line 1, but no 1336 manual is to be found – UGH! Yep, just another day at the big plant!. So Joe heads to the internet to find the manual. After a quick search, finding and downloading the manual, he looks for the chapter for fault codes. There they are - F1, F2, F3 . . . .. F35, F36, F37. . . WHAT?!?!?? No fault code higher than F37?? This drive has a F58! Well that’s just great. As usual, the production manager for the line asks for the 5th time in the last hour “How much longer??”, then shares some info that is very helpful “We’ve got to get this line back running – NOW!!” Joe was used to it – 20 years in the plant, yep – just another day at the plant! Back to the internet he goes, this time finding a link to Precision Electronic Services. Well, rather than spend all day trying to figure it out, why not call someone who knows the drives? A few taps on the phone buttons, a couple of minutes of recounting his issue, and Joe is told why the fault isn’t in the manual he downloaded – he’s looking at the wrong manual! His drive is a 1336 PLUS drive and his manual is for a standard 1336 drive. While on the phone he’s directed to the correct manual online and downloads it – now we’re getting somewhere! The problem turned out to be a blown buss fuse on the drive. After checking the power section carefully with the power off, Joe determines all looks OK, and decides to just replace the fuse and hope for the best. Luckily his static check of the power circuits was correct (those electronic classes did pay off!), the drive came up fine after the fuse replacement and the line was quickly put back into production - without a “thank you” from the production manager, of course. Just another day at the plant!What can we learn from Joe’s story you ask? 1. Allen Bradley 1336 drives come in MANY variations, and it’s important to have the right manual when working with one, and know which one you have. Here’s a list of the types with their respective model # prefixes:o 1336 = Standard 1336o 1336S = 1336 Pluso 1336E = 1336 Impacto 1336F = 1336 Plus IIo 1336T = 1336 Forceo 1336Z = 1336 Spider 2. Production managers can be a pain! Not all are, and it IS their job to get product out the door, so it’s understandable – usually! 3. When your 1336 drive gives problems, you can save yourself a lot of headache by calling the experienced professionals here at PES. We’ll do our best to guide you in the right direction to get the problem isolated and taken care of quickly. So call us today at 800-732-4695.