You have no idea how much time and frustration this video has saved me. I bought a Chinese VFD to use on my lathe (like yours) with instructions that were apparently written as part of a psy op, or as a mean joke. Why the companies that make and sell these things cannot hire a person able to fluently translate instructions and manuals from language of origin to language of consumer befuddles me. All my complaints aside, thankfully there are people such as yourself able to "translate" what to many is gibberish into usable information...and are willing to share it. THANK YOU!!!

Probably the most informative and useful video I've seen on setting up a vfd - well done.

Hey man just gonna put this out there I am an employee who graduated with a diploma as an electrician where the institute I learned from gave me basic knowledge about electricity the type of parallel and series only stuff After that i got hired in a company where everybody is selfish about what he knows and the things that serve his needs only now im in with them for the third year and found this video who helps me alot thanks to you im gonna be thankful to you for all my career working as an electrician i will highly recommend to anyone who struggles in understanding the principles of VFD and motor connections and programming Sincerely a struggler from saudi arabia😂👍🏼

I cannot tell you how helpful this video was. REALLY well shot, edited, and explained. THANK YOU!

Beware of pwm frequency : the higher the pwm freq, the more "iron losses" there is in the motor. More Iron loss = more heat produced in the motor and less useful power. On the contrary, lower pwm freq = more audible noise and less iron loss. That is the reason why it is shipped with minimal pwm frequency : best mecanichal and electrical situation, but with audible noise (which is a non-factor in industrial applications, there is always noise) Great vid, thanks

Man this was EXCELLENT! Exactly what I was looking for as I start to configure my VFD for the lathe. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing that education. I like that you were not talking too fast, rather at a pace for a new learner can follow.

Thank you so much for the video series. I'm am amazed and appreciative at the amount of effort you put in to these videos and how useful they are. Thanks, Mike

Jesus h Christ thank god for you I have been fighting with this controller for a while and customer service was worse then trying to program this thing. But your video has truly helped me getting my system up and running. They should just use your video as customer service. Thanks again

I've just watched the first two videos. You are really clearing things up for me. I plan on finishing the series. Thanks you are going to save me alot of frustration and money

Hi James, Really enjoying this guide to setting up a VFD. Thanks so Much!!

Finally finally finally a complete video explaining the whole upgrade in detail. I can’t thank you enough.

Can't thank you enough for producing these videos. They are so well thought out and executed. Not to mention easy to follow and understand. I've got a 3 phase Bridgeport coming in a couple months, and currently trying to sort out which VFD to purchase, how I'll install it, and program when it's in. Your videos alleviate the trepidation that knots my stomach from these expensive and complicated endeavors.

Thank you so much for this instructional video. I've been running my lathe with the factory settings. I have tuned it with your expertise.

By far the best, simplest and easiest to follow vfd set up I have seen. Thank you 👍🏽

I wish I had found this guy earlier. All your videos are a joy to watch with just the right amount of technical information. Thanks a million

I just bought a 3ph motor and a Teco VFD for my mill. This is the best series I've found on setup for this combo. Brilliant and thanks for a great series.

calmly and clearly explained, too easy. love your work man

Thanks James, you made it easy for me to get my L510 up & running quickly and properly. By the end, I understood how to program, vs the manual. You are an inspiration!

Thanks for the tutorial! My L510 came with the same parameter settings as yours. You saved me a ton of time going over the set up in such detail. Really well done!

That is how any setup video should be done. Thinking of the requirements, setting parameters, observing outcomes and modifying settings accordingly then finally accepting the setup. That was truly satisfying, thanks 👌

You have taken a lot of time to film then edit and then produce this video which is of excellent quality in technique of filming, editing and content. Really appreciate you doing this. Thank you!

Had the same hesitation on my belt grinder, same VFD. Changing the 00-00 setting to 1 (SLV) mode fixed it. THANKS!

thank you so much for the vid! i am connecting my L510 to a belt sander and i am new to motors and VFD's. Your video has helped me immensely!

Thanks for the programming help! The motor settled right down using your parameters!

You, sir, are a life saver. I had the exact same setup in my Teco 510 and could not work it out until I found your video. And not only did I make it work, your tweaks for making it run smoother and quieter are invaluable. Thanks so much for this, it was extremely helpful!

Beautiful work and agree with Pete Ip, best VFD setup. Great explanation and real world work-up. Excellent!!

What a fantastic series of videos. I am new to this channel but it is already my favorite! Thanks Clough42 for this treasure trove.

I can't thank you enough. This was instrumental in helping me setup mine... Running a 3-phase Wells-Index 847 in my garage with only 1-phase 220volts. This video was a lifesaver.

This is time saving valuable service that you provide to people who want to upgrade their G0602 and other machines. Thank you for your clear and concise explanation and the enthusiasm you bring to all of us who love machining!!!

Most usefull video on these controllers I have found. Thank You.

Hi Honestly, this video tells much more information about setting up basic paramemeter in very clear way to understand for many of like me who needs practical information as shown in video. thanks for sharing knowledge and useful info.

As someone who wrote step by step instructions for die setters in an automotive stampings business, I have to say this video is done very well, and thank you for posting this.

Thank you for your clear explanation of how to set up a VFD. The best I,ve found so far.

thats a ton of useful info. thanks clough42, keep em coming. can't wait to see it mounted on the lathe.

Awesome Job Sir, I just found this channel last week and been binge watching, Well Done

Excellent film. I have a Teco Westinghouse VFD on my Harrison M250 lathe. I made a film showing the set up. I struggled to show the way I programmed it and ended up omitting that section of the footage. You have just given a masterclass in how to present such detail. Thank you.

Wow thats a really powerful controller with an unusually nice manual. Great teaching video, I look forward to seeing the rest of the videos so I can adapt this knowledge to my ShopSmith tools...I am just going to need larger HP versions.

Whilst I’m a very capable tradesmen in boiler making and getting better at machining , when it comes to more than wiring a plug I struggle. Thank you for the clear and straight forward manner that you describe and do your tutorials. I have been wanting to do the same conversion on my lathe but have been put off by my lack of electrical nohow but after your tutorial the fog has cleared.

This video series was perfect! Exactly what I needed thank you so much

This was great I've bookmarked it and sent link to friends Thank you.

The best video on this drive. settings in the video were near what I needed. teco should link to this

Thanks for the great video, I used it to day to setup the VFD for my Bridgeport. Very well done with plenty of details to get it configured. I am going to use the relay switch to turn on the enclosure fan while the motor is running rather than have it run all of the time.

Excellent! The best explanation of the programming I have seen.

Thanks James, I’m bringing another machine back to operation, and needed to refresh my fuzzy memory on this VFD. 👍

Merci beaucoup enfin quelqu'un qui me donne les bonnes info pour programmé mon VFD et l'idée du fan est génial!

I like this video , NO bs around ! No extra words Straight to busines! A proper tutorial! Well esplained ! Keep up the good work Sr.

I just modified my own lathe, and I found the excact same unit under a different brand name in europe. I followed your setup tweaks and got the same result. Very helpful!

Awesome information. I have the SAME LATHE, but made by WHolesale Tool. And as mine is nearly 20 years old.. the motor finally died. I purchased a motor and VFD, and was searching for wiring before I start.. and came across you clips. Enjoying the detail and reasoning behind them. Excellent. Excited to finish them and then see the other videos you have once I get mine back up. Thanks for the hard work.

perfectly put together video....a huge help to a new vfd owner...

so glad to find this! i just ordered the same vfd for my antique belt drive wood lathe!

Excellent presentation! Very clearly explained and demonstrated!!! Thank you

I have been asking on a FB page about a vfd, but not one person could give me a straight answer! Instead, they went on a freaking tangent about thermal this and that and all kinds of crap I never asked! Thanks for this tutorial,

Thank you for sharing, the motor on my G4000 just had his last day, I purchased a Servo-motor and I am adapting it to work in place of the old one. Will let you know how it works, have a good day.

Thanks for taking a long winded manual and turning it in to an easy to follow "real world" setup.. I did mine via the manual and missed the SLV setting... ughhhh... major miss for me.. While not really complicated, just a lot of variables that do not need changed.. you hit the ones that do.. excellent video..

Good, clear explanation for a viewer at a moderate DIYer level. Much clearer than the KZfaq competition. Probably means I’ll buy a TECO for my 3-phase Tablesaw, so I can just sort of follow along (with some settings different of course). I would only add that the Relay connections you’ve used are more generally used to energize a relay that then turns on/off some other potentially high current draw auxiliary device, but since your “auxiliary device” is just a very low current/low voltage draw cooling fan its perfectly OK to use Relay terminal to directly drive it.

Great video. I just purchased a copy of this particular VFD from Radionics (RS). Having watched your video i can add that mine was not setup either as per the defaults in the manual. Im looking forward to setting it up on ny Colchester Student lathe. The task will be a whole lot easier thanks to your very easy to follow "how to". Thank you from Ireland, Tommy

Excellent instruction on setting up the Teco Westinghouse L510 VFD! Thank you!

Really good!! I'm a Machinist not and Electrician but my new job requires some Electronics so with the help of your Videos, I'm gettin' there!! Well presented, clearly spoken... awesome!!

Very nicely done - excellent tutorial. I would never use a programmable output to drive a cooling fan in preference of a fault indicator, unless the drive has another output that can be programmed.

well you never know when a new viewer comes on board, so here I am! I'm just going to be setting up a little vfd on my mill which has a horizontal and vertical cutter! Also I have a large that will probably get this treatment too! So your video will work for me also, and here it is over a year later! keep it up, you're very articulate about your information!

Brilliantly portrayed. Explained everything needed. Thank you

I bought the same device today and your vid helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing sir!

Thank you for making this video. I use this exact VFD on lathes and milling machines. On one of the lathes I have decided to add a foot pedal potentiometer and got out the TECO manual. Then I thought to myself, let's check KZfaq, maybe somebody has done a video. :^) Yes, you did. Thanks again. Great vid. My VFD is no longer in factory presets … that are … as you noted not what the manual says. In fact, I don't think the factory defaults have been consistent across the years that I have used the L510. etc etc.

Excellent explanation and display of equipment!!

John Owen Like many others I found your video extremely useful and informative. I had just installed the L510 and a 3-phase motor on my 10" SB lathe and was having problems with a high-pitched whine coming from the three-phase motor. Much louder than you experienced. Actually TECO were very responsive to my problem and told me which parameters to change but I was somewhat daunted by the process. Your video showed me how to do it in a very clear manner. Thanks. It gave me the confidence to change several other parameters such as acceleration/deceleration times, etc. FYI -- TECO have recently (May 2020) introduced a true remote keypad for this inverter --part # JN5-OP-L01 which completely duplicates the functions of the keypad on the inverter , including the potentiometer and allows you to control the inverter from several meters away. It connects with a CAT 5 cable and you need to change a parameter to install it. Others could find that useful.

Great job of describing the connections I will be making today!

Thanks man, I enjoyed this. I have a VFD that died and I am replacing it with a new model which has many different control wire terminals. I think this will get me in the ball park to get my lathe running.

have the 1/2 hp version of this [ L510-1P5-H1-U ], 120V input 208 3ph output - the tips helped immensely! Runs silent, will overclock without issue. I am working on setting the incremental steps for up/down speeds (5 Hz step) Thank you for the info!! Going on my 1935 9" South Bend Workshop 415

This is my first experience with a 3 phase motor. After getting some grounding on 3 phase motors, it really helped to see single phase power being converted to 3 -phase using a VFD.

Officially subbed. you helped me complete a major part of my senior design project. Thanks!

Very nice explanation and tutorial! It helped me a lot, understanding how I can take full advantage of my own VFD 😁👍

1st video of yours I've seen.LOTS of great info!You gained a new sub!Thanks for sharing!!!

Wonderful video! You really did a great job of explaining this. Thank you for taking the time to explain it so well!

Great video. There are so many options on VFDs and the defaults are often with all the bells and whistles turned off.

Very informative thanks I watch it over and over

An excellent and informative presentation. Thank you.

Fantastic video! Will use to convert my G0602. Amazing what excellent info is available on youtube!

I could not have done this without your video. Thx

Just what I was looking for, about to set up my VFD and your video was awesome. :-)

Thank you. I keep learning what you are providing us-Good lecturer

My gosh this has been absolutely amazing. I want to connect my Mitsubishi vid 220 1ph input to 220 3ph output to a 1.5 motor. Going to install it in a dl40 delta wood lathe. The wiring for both looked daunting and I understand the household wiring and respect it but the extra wires in motor, which are all just that wires with labels but I don’t know which ones to connect together. I can only hope that the vid will be easy to program like yours. Thanks a bunch bud. Beautifully done video.

Fabtastic video, I learned a lot. I would never have thought about rasing the frequenz to double, making it running twice as fast, this gives me a great idea for my lathe :-)

I have previously run my Colchester student using a converter.I have had problems with the contactors burning out,and now the motor has burned out. I have just spent a small fortune having the three phase,three horse power motor rewound,and do not want to burn it out again any time soon. Looking in to alternative power sources,as I only have single phase in my small workshop,I came across your inverter videos,and based on this I have just ordered the TECo inverter.I will be using this video again to help me during set up.Thank you for a clear and concise video.

This is the best video I had seen about VFD

Brilliant demonstration on setting up the Westinhouse VFD. I wish there were some standards amongst the makers of VFDs for nomenclature The one I purchased some time ago for a previous job was a nightmare to set up, mainly, I suspect, due to the ability of the translator of Chinese into English and possibly lax editing.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, James. Was pulling my hair out trying to get this VFD to run my Bridgeport 1 hp mill. That is until you showed me parameter 11-02, carrier mode. Changed the default setting to "0". Made all the difference in the world. Did I say thank you, James

What a majestic video!!! Thanks 🙏🏼 you so much for the time dedicated to do this and share it!!Bless you!❤

Thank you very much for this video. I was struggling to figure out how to use this VFD. I didn't see anywhere that you had to press and hold the Enter button in order for changes to me made. Works much better now ;)

just for info- if your having a problem that hasn"t been adressed call teco westinghouse and ask for the drive division. i just watched the most informative lesson on the L510 yet. and 6 months ago i was a whiz on the teco fm-50 series, thanks clough

Hands down the best VFD setup VIDEOz I have seen yet. Very clear and simple wiring and setup to get you up and working fast. Thanks for making this it’s been very helpful. Thanks 🙏 Only question I had was how did you determine what resistance was required for the potentiometer? I can’t imagine just any would work unless you can set the resistance in the VFD

Thank you for such an informative no bs video!!! Definitely subscribing.

Great video. Wanted a VFD for my 1963 Powermatic drill press and bought the same one because of this video, (and the reasonable price tag.) Maybe I could have figured it out, maybe not. Whatever, if I did it would have taken a really long time. Thanks.

nice work brotha! I was recently challenged by a client to install a proofer/oven combo unit in his restaurant that he acquired at an auction. only problem is the unit is 3ph and the pub only has 1ph. i have managed to rewire the heating elements to run at 240v but the convection fan motor is 3ph only whtether at 208-230 or 460. luckily he has provided me with a Vevor VFD. thanks to your very informative video on the set-up and installation of a VFD , I am ready to procede to the next stage which is the motor operation. feeling educated... well done!!

Excellent attention to details.

Finally a decent VFD vid - thx much

Excellent video and is going to help me a lot. Thanks for taking the time to explain.

Nice video and very clear tutorial now I get some idea about the vfd..

So, i just drug an old bridgeport into the shop last week and consequently am faced with the problem of powering the beast. Once again, James to the rescue with a full video series that actually TEACHES you what to do, why to do it, and how to do it. As opposed to the other 10,000 “VFD setup” videos on KZfaq that are essentially really just “hey look at my new vfd!” Videos. Thanks James. As a side note, i bought a 30 amp fused disconnect to stick between the VFD and the power source, no idea if that’s a good idea so anybody with knowledge about this sort of thing feel free to offer it please.

I learned so much from these two videos