Old Hand Fault Finder

Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 525 F064: Drive Overload

What it means The drive's overload rating has been exceeded.

✓ Checked against the manual (Oct 2026): meaning and actions match the official fault table. Manual page.

Likely causes

  • Load too heavy for the drive
  • Acceleration too fast

Checks, in order

  1. Reduce the load
  2. Extend the accel time
  3. Compare running amps to the drive rating

Source

Source (reworded, not copied): Rockwell Automation, PowerFlex 520-Series AC Drives User Manual, publication 520-UM001O-EN-E (September 2025), Chapter 4 Troubleshooting, PDF page 162. Official manual (PDF). Fault numbers and names can differ between firmware versions.