Energy Safety Canada: Smoke in a motor controls centre - Internal failure of a variable Frequency Drive

 A variable frequency drive failed inside the motor control centre (MCC) at a facility, filling the MCC building with smoke. The plant shut down on emergency shutdown (ESD). No one was injured, and no one entered the building while it was smoke filled. This alert explains how this hazard works and why there is little warning before it happens.

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