Originally Posted by
rootboy
Hi guys,
This is just an FYI, I got called in to a friend's shop because his "brand-new-NOS-Yaskawa-still-in-the-box" SGDB-ADG drive wouldn't work. Subsequent investigation (we disassembled the drive) showed that the buss capacitor wasn't wired up, and the two ground straps in the lower left and right hand corners of the drive were missing entirely.
He bought it years ago and tossed it on a shelf until he needed it. Probably what the scammer was hoping for.
In any case, just a head's up.