Old Hand Fault Finder

Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 525 F007: Motor Overload

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What it means The drive's motor thermal model says the motor is overheating.

Likely causes

  • Mechanical overload
  • Wrong motor nameplate amps entered
  • Bad bearings

Checks, in order

  1. Compare running amps to nameplate
  2. Verify motor FLA parameter
  3. Check mechanics

Old Hand tip

Check the FLA parameter before you swap anything.

Source

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