Old Hand Fault Finder

Yaskawa GA500 ov: Overvoltage

Cites the manual · line-by-line check pending

What it means DC bus voltage too high.

Likely causes

  • Fast decel
  • Regen load

Checks, in order

  1. Lengthen decel
  2. Add braking resistor

Source

Source (reworded, not copied): Yaskawa, GA500 Drive Maintenance & Troubleshooting Manual, TOEPYAIGA5001A, Faults. Official manual (PDF). Fault numbers and names can differ between firmware versions.