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Answer(/Viewpost/281941/IfUse020maInsted420MaNotFindActualPositionZeroReferenceOutputExam.Html)/VijayRanipa
ifweuse0to20mainstedof4to20mathenwecannot
findactualpositionzeroreferenceoutput,forexampleif
wehaveamotorizedvalve,it'sfullcloseatthattimewe
get0ma(0%)referenceandatfullyopenpositionweget
20ma(100%)reference,inthisconditionifpowersupplyofis
offthenwealsoget0mareference,sohereinthiskindof
conditionwecan'tgetactualresultlikethatgateis
actuallycloseoranyotherproblemsasperexplanationof
above..
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Answer(/Viewpost/352477/2Reasons1AllMicroControllersPlcDcsEtcOperated5VoltsSupplyEx1vlow5.Html)/ChiruMudra...
Therer2reasonsforthis.....
1)Allmicrocontrollers,plc,dcsetc.,areoperatedwith1
to5voltssupply.(Ex:1v=low,5v=high).
Attheinput&outputofthesedevicesweuse250ohm
resistorforconvertingthis420mAto15volts.
ie4mA*250ohms=1Volt
20mA*250ohms=5Volts.......
2)Ifweusethisrangefrom1mAtosomerangethereisa
problemwiththat.
whichis,inindustriesweusebunchofcablestogetherfrom
fieldtocontrolroomandviceverse.Duetothisthereis
somesignaldistortionintheothercablesduetomagnetic
induction(electromagneticinductioneffectintheother
cables).ie,12mAcurrentwillgenerateintheunactivated
cableswhichmaycausethemallfninthetotalindustry.

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Ex:1mA=0%valveopen
2mA=10%valveopen
3mA=20%valveopen....etc.
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Answer(/Viewpost/276601/FieldInstrumentsLikeVoltageCurrentEtcAdvantageUsing420maIfSensorsKno.Html)/Vijay
wehavefieldinstrumentslikevoltage,current..etc.but
thereisanadvantageofusing420mA,Ifweareusingthe
voltagesensors,uknowthevoltageisresistance
dependence,andresistaceofcoductorvariesasthedistance
andtemperature,varies.soumaynotgettheaccuratesignal
ifupreferforthevoltagesensors.usingcurrentsensorsu
don'tfindthisproblems
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Answer(/Viewpost/276738/AboveAnswerCorrectNeedDeadZeroSoUsing420MaInstead116Ma.Html)/Ajith294
Theaboveansweriscorrect.wehavetoneedthedeadzero,
soweareusing4to20mAinsteadof1to16ma
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Answer(/Viewpost/441228/420maUseInstrumentationFeildBcozConsider116maDifficultFindError.Html)/Diya.
420mAisuseininstrumentationfeild,bcozwhenweconsider116mAthereisdifficulttofinderrorinthat...
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Answer(/Viewpost/316143/AlsoTheSignalIsLinearIn420maRangeWhichIsNotBelow4maOrAbove20ma.Html)/Anand
alsothesignalislinearin420mArangewhichisnotbelow
4mAorabove20mA.
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Answer(/Viewpost/442818/Use420MaOutPutBecauseSignalGoesFieldFromControlRoomConverted3Psi.Html)/Bhagwan
Weuse420mAoutputbecausethissignalgoestothefield(fromcontrolroomtothefield,)whereitisthenconvertedfrom3psito15psiasoutputtocontrol
theflow,tempersture,pressureetc.
Inthecontrolroom,thesamesignalisconvertedfrom15voltstoreadmeasureflow,temperatures,pressureandatthesametime,itissentbacktooutput
card
toconvert420mA.to315p.s.I.toactuatecontrolValve.
AsthedistancebeweenControlRoom&thefieldisveryfar,sothelosesfortransfering420mA.arenill.
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