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Connection
4.1 Notes on cable routing
Electrical and magnetic fields often cause the introduction of disturbing volt-
ages into the measuring circuit.
Please note the following hints:
• Use only screened, low capacitance measuring cable (cable from HBM ful-
fils these requirements).
• Do not lay the measuring cable parallel to power and control lines. If this is
not possible (e.g. in cable ducts), the measuring cable can be protected,
e.g. by steel conduit.
• The stray fields of transformers, motors and contactors must be avoided.
4.2 Connection technique
Strain-gage based load cells can be connected to:
• carrier frequency
• DC-measuring amplifiers.
The transducer connection is implemented using the six-wire technique. The
connection assignment can be taken from the following illustration.
Wiring code (6-wire−technique)
Fig. 4.1: Transducer with six-core cable
HBM
gy (grey)
Sense
bk (black)
Excitation (−)
wh (white)
Signal (+)
bu (blue)
Excitation (+)
gr (green)
Sense
rd (red)
Signal (−)
(−)
Shield / wire strand connected with housing
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