Old Hand Fault Finder

Siemens SINAMICS G120 F30004: Overtemperature heat sink

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What it means Inverter heat sink got too hot.

Likely causes

  • Fan failure
  • Dirty heatsink
  • Hot cabinet

Checks, in order

  1. Clean, check fans and ambient

Source

Source (reworded, not copied): Siemens, SINAMICS G120 Control Units CU240B-2/CU240E-2 List Manual, 02/2023, A5E33839529, section 4.2 List of faults and alarms. Official manual (PDF). Fault numbers and names can differ between firmware versions.