Hi All,
I'm having a problem with a DC ceiling fan controller (from a Mercator Trinidad fan). This operates via a remote. The light works fine, as does re-pairing the remote (an audible beep is emitted). The fan function itself however does not. This leads me to believe the issue is more than likely with the DC power control part of the circuit. I have another known good controller for comparison.
When it first started having issues - and this might be key to forming a theory from someone more experienced than I - it initially wouldn't work until after the AC isolator wall switch was on for some time - sometimes even taking a few hours from pressing a fan speed button on the remote until the fan actually started turning.
I suspected capacitor issues originally, due to it having some lag time before it would work. Here are some pics - visually all seems okay.
Electrolytic caps;
- The big 68uf 450v cap tested ok. Had .29ohm esr and .7% vloss.
- 100uf 16v tested ok, .49ohm esr and 4.1% vloss
- 100uf 35v tested ok, .07ohm esr and 1.4% vloss
- 47uf 35v tested ok
Film caps;
- cx2 - .1uf film cap tested at 70.3nf .40 esr
- cx1 - same as above, 89.1nf .29 esr
Interestingly, I swapped these over and the fan had not worked even being on for hours like it did before, even after swapping them back.
*The whole input bank (inductors(?)+film caps) in circuit from the AC input wires (brown/blue) to the bridge rectifier measures 164uf (vs 154uf on the good fan control )) - 8.4/7.4 esr respectively, so I'm not sure that even though the film caps are >10% outside spec that this would fix it, particularly as the bad one has a higher capacitance reading.
Diodes;
- Tested all surface mount diodes okay, however. D7 was open both ways.
- D7 is S1J. removed from circuit - tested ok - reinstalled.
Bridge Rectifier;
- bridge rectifier is KBP08. Tested 240vac in, 318vdc out.
Test Points;
Tp0+tp1 = 15vdc (correct supply voltage for PCM as per PDF below)
Tp0+tp2 = 3.5vdc
Tp0+tp3 = 320vdc (correct DC bus voltage)
Tp0+tp4 = continuity, GND(?)
Tp0+tp5 = .5vdc ***Noted that this on the good controller is 3.5vdc - this is the only difference I've measured.
Tp0+tp6 = .5vdc
Tp0+tp7= 15vdc (when light is 'off' only, activates light relay)
Has irsm836-025ma dc power control module https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...33a5dc8694.pdf
Tp5 and Tp6 correspond to pins 5 and 6 on the dc power control module, and the description from the datasheet is;
5 | /FLT | Fault Output Pin
6 | Itrip | Over-Current Protection Pin
Focussing on pin 5, and the description for fault in the datasheet "Once the fault condition occurs, the FAULT pin is internally pulled to VSS and the fault clear timer is activated. "
VSS is described as " 9, 39 | VSS, COM | Ground for Gate Drive IC and Low Side Gate Drive Return "
Should I be interpreting that as it's been pulled to ground (hence the .5v reading vs the 3v on the good controller) therefore it's detecting a fault?
I've hit a bit of a wall here - any suggestions that may help me out?
Also - for the DC motor feed wires (U/V/W) I get 2v out of U/V/W +gnd and 26v from tp3(dc bus voltage)+U/V/W.
I'm having a problem with a DC ceiling fan controller (from a Mercator Trinidad fan). This operates via a remote. The light works fine, as does re-pairing the remote (an audible beep is emitted). The fan function itself however does not. This leads me to believe the issue is more than likely with the DC power control part of the circuit. I have another known good controller for comparison.
When it first started having issues - and this might be key to forming a theory from someone more experienced than I - it initially wouldn't work until after the AC isolator wall switch was on for some time - sometimes even taking a few hours from pressing a fan speed button on the remote until the fan actually started turning.
I suspected capacitor issues originally, due to it having some lag time before it would work. Here are some pics - visually all seems okay.
Electrolytic caps;
- The big 68uf 450v cap tested ok. Had .29ohm esr and .7% vloss.
- 100uf 16v tested ok, .49ohm esr and 4.1% vloss
- 100uf 35v tested ok, .07ohm esr and 1.4% vloss
- 47uf 35v tested ok
Film caps;
- cx2 - .1uf film cap tested at 70.3nf .40 esr
- cx1 - same as above, 89.1nf .29 esr
Interestingly, I swapped these over and the fan had not worked even being on for hours like it did before, even after swapping them back.
*The whole input bank (inductors(?)+film caps) in circuit from the AC input wires (brown/blue) to the bridge rectifier measures 164uf (vs 154uf on the good fan control )) - 8.4/7.4 esr respectively, so I'm not sure that even though the film caps are >10% outside spec that this would fix it, particularly as the bad one has a higher capacitance reading.
Diodes;
- Tested all surface mount diodes okay, however. D7 was open both ways.
- D7 is S1J. removed from circuit - tested ok - reinstalled.
Bridge Rectifier;
- bridge rectifier is KBP08. Tested 240vac in, 318vdc out.
Test Points;
Tp0+tp1 = 15vdc (correct supply voltage for PCM as per PDF below)
Tp0+tp2 = 3.5vdc
Tp0+tp3 = 320vdc (correct DC bus voltage)
Tp0+tp4 = continuity, GND(?)
Tp0+tp5 = .5vdc ***Noted that this on the good controller is 3.5vdc - this is the only difference I've measured.
Tp0+tp6 = .5vdc
Tp0+tp7= 15vdc (when light is 'off' only, activates light relay)
Has irsm836-025ma dc power control module https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...33a5dc8694.pdf
Tp5 and Tp6 correspond to pins 5 and 6 on the dc power control module, and the description from the datasheet is;
5 | /FLT | Fault Output Pin
6 | Itrip | Over-Current Protection Pin
Focussing on pin 5, and the description for fault in the datasheet "Once the fault condition occurs, the FAULT pin is internally pulled to VSS and the fault clear timer is activated. "
VSS is described as " 9, 39 | VSS, COM | Ground for Gate Drive IC and Low Side Gate Drive Return "
Should I be interpreting that as it's been pulled to ground (hence the .5v reading vs the 3v on the good controller) therefore it's detecting a fault?
I've hit a bit of a wall here - any suggestions that may help me out?
Also - for the DC motor feed wires (U/V/W) I get 2v out of U/V/W +gnd and 26v from tp3(dc bus voltage)+U/V/W.
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