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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Melissa Drechsel Kidd, Muskego, WI (US);
William James Genaw, New Berlin, WI (US);
Micheal Robert Pasche, Sharon, WI (US);
Gary Thomas Baase, Ii, Kenosha, WI (US);
Lars Hoffmann Berthelsen, Kolding, DK;
Rasmus Fink, Soenderborg, DK;
Martin Skov Holm, Egernsund, DK;
Melissa Drechsel Kidd, Muskego, WI (US);
William James Genaw, New Berlin, WI (US);
Micheal Robert Pasche, Sharon, WI (US);
Gary Thomas Baase, II, Kenosha, WI (US);
Lars Hoffmann Berthelsen, Kolding, DK;
Rasmus Fink, Soenderborg, DK;
Martin Skov Holm, Egernsund, DK;
Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC, Delavan, WI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a variable frequency drive system and a method of controlling a pump driven by a motor with the pump in fluid communication with a fluid system. The drive system and method can provide one or more of the following: a sleep mode, pipe break detection, a line fill mode, an automatic start mode, dry run protection, an electromagnetic interference filter compatible with a ground fault circuit interrupter, two-wire and three-wire and three-phase motor compatibility, a simple start-up process, automatic password protection, a pump out mode, digital input/output terminals, and removable input and output power terminal blocks.