About Vectrol Controls

Who We Are...

Vectrol Controls offers over 25 years of Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and application experience. Our mission is to reduce your downtime and cut maintenance costs for any type of application. Vectrol Controls specializes in servicing and repairing both new and old obsolete VFD's. We work to keep your Hospital, Hotel, Manufacturing Plant or Pump Station up and running without breaking the bank.

When it comes to Service...

We follow the SMART(S) Troubleshooting technique. SMART(S), a term borrowed from Solomon S. Turkel at ECMweb.com, is a reminder of the steps in troubleshooting intelligently.

S is for safety. Before we do anything, we make sure we are not endangering ourselves, our customers, or the equipment.

M stands for manual. Every microprocessor based control has a smart display to show the results of any on-board diagnostics. Without the manual, the display is full of arcane symbols without meaning. The manual explains everything.

A is application. We do not troubleshoot individual pieces of equipment; we troubleshoot the application. Most often the trouble is due to outside conditions rather than a faulty drive.

R is for readings. We check the line voltage and motor current to find out if the incoming power line is “dirty” or allowing electrical spikes and unstable voltages to enter the equipment. We also take the temperatures of the heatsinks, which could clue us into potential issues in the future.

T - we talk. We talk to the operators and users of the equipment because they are most familiar with it and were there when the problem occurred.

The final S is for simple solutions. We keep things as uncomplicated as possible and try the simple solutions first before we advance to more complex and costly ones.