Industrial Control Panels in depth look Part 2: IO

[@becooldontfreez]

I am a civil engineer and have been working water/wastewater construction and design... the electrical and instrumentation part was something I always struggled with.. these videos are treasure... thank you Josh for sharing with us.

[@k50159]

Thank you so much for the amazing and very beneficial tutorials!

[@sharifskijr.1257]

RSP, you're the best!

[@dave1859]

I like your videos, really helpful, but I would like to see more demonstration or just some visualition this way I could understand much more better.

[@mahadihasan93]

Josh, simply brilliant!

[@alexmarks8285]

4:15 the analog input signal examples given were all digital. Measuring continuous pressure in a pipe or continuous level in a tank would be analog. Measuring anything too high/low would be digital as it would always be too high/low or not too high/low.

[@camrobinson8424]

Thank you for this free class Josh bloom 🙌🙏

[@RSPSupply]

Cam, thank you for the support!

[@idyarchibong9990]

This is very detailed!!

[@march11stoneytony]

Would the I/O portion of the panel often be separated into a different marshalling panel? I'm trying to understand the purpose of marshalling panels

[@mertferah1052]

Thanks for the great video Josh!

[@sasori15951]

How are the I/O blocks in the bottom part of the industrial cabinet different than the I/O on the PLC?

[@davidnewton3064]

Love the videos. Question for you. In several of your videos you give "typical" locations for things such as IO at the bottom of a panel or main power in at the top of the panel. Are these locations pursuant to some regulation such as NEC of NFPA or UL? Why are they the typical locations?

[@RSPSupply]

These locations are not subject to any code you need to follow. They are simply best practices when building control panels. If you were to ask a UL or NEC inspector, they would recommend these locations. Thanks for the feedback. Hope this helps.

[@ES-pk6yg]

My thoughts are that the panel design should be specific to the installation and it may vary on a case by case basis. It does often make sense to have the power near the top as I do think this is usually where people tend to look first. If the power is at the top, you want to find ways to keep power wiring (especially AC) and signal wiring separate in the wire duct. Having the I/O at a different location helps with that. One other important factor to consider with the location of the I/O is that you want the field wiring to easily get from wherever it is brought into to the panel from to the field termination terminal blocks. In a lot of cases, the conduit with field wiring will come up from the bottom (because the conduit was stubbed up from the floor). That makes lower in the panel a natural place for I/O as that is likely where conduit will come in at. However, in many larger panels with large amounts of signal wiring (from instrumentation) much of the panel space may be dedicated to field terminations. In that case it is not unusual for field terminations to take up 50-75% of the panel space. In cases like that the I/O often spans large parts of the cabinet. For example, I/O may make up the entire right half of the cabinet (top to bottom) etc. I think the important thing is for there to be logical separation between areas of the panel and for there to be convenient access to field termination terminal blocks. I also feel that where possible it's nice to have the most frequently accessed parts of the panel at a height that is convenient for people working in the panel but that isn't always possible.

[@capnthepeafarmer]

It's also company dependent. For example my company wants all cabinets to have incoming power at top right with the disconnect also being at top right.

[@jmlastname4412]

I most often made a habit of side or bottom entry in to the enclosure. Especially in areas where there is moisture or potential water contamination. It also seems to help with protection from other contaminants subject to gravity. Sometimes you just have to go in the top though.

[@ahmedbouretali2656]

what is the link to part 1 please? is the basics video?

[@FieldBoy111]

cool thing about panel building for a job is its hella hard to have robots do it

[@G4662]

Why does the Analog output not need a power? Thank you

[@janmalesela2510]

good, this makes me to enroll for a course

[@RSPSupply]

Thanks for watching! We are doing all free education. In the future we will offer courses. Thanks.

[@janmalesela2510]

thanks remind me

[@Youtubeexpert420]

This is better than a course I know I took one

[@moumenkhairy8072]

Can you please explain each wire conneted in each terminal block

[@RSPSupply]

It is just like a wire nut. You have an in and an out.

[@moumenkhairy8072]

can you explain the wires connected to terminal blocks in more details

[@RSPSupply]

We have a video on that called Wiring Relays

[@capnthepeafarmer]

Can you do a video on MCR and MCP safety circuits?

[@olcolby866]

Duly Noted

[@alqaribabd3936]

Excuse me May i have wiring diagram

[@michaelcostello6991]

Good video but wiring diagram would clarify things as well as details on one of the analog circuits rather then just pointing at them. Thanks Michael

[@ОксанаУсунгалиева]

Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other

[@saramohameed3734]

Hi . Can I have wiring from industrial to plc through i/o digital and analogue. Plz

[@prashantlama106]

you are god and this channel is heaven

[@RSPSupply]

Thank you.