General Information about the Product |
Part Number |
DS200GDPAG1A Mark V DS200 |
Description |
GE General Electric DS200GDPAG1A DS200GDPAG1AFB Gate Driver Board Mark V |
Condition |
used Clean and Tested. With 1 Year Warranty. |
What this board is
The DS200GDPAG1A is the gate driver board in the GE Speedtronic Mark V family. It sits in the drive section of the panel, where it drives the power switching gates. That places it on the power side of the system rather than the signal side, which changes how you should think about failure and about sourcing.
Why gate drivers fail differently
Signal boards fail from age, contamination and connector fatigue. Gate drivers fail from what happens on the other side of them. If a GDPA has failed, the question worth asking before you fit a replacement is why — a shorted device downstream will take out the new board as fast as it took out the old one. Check the power stage before you power up the replacement.
This is also the argument for keeping a spare on the shelf rather than ordering reactively. Mark V is out of production and the supply is surplus and refurbished; a gate driver you need at 2am is a gate driver you should have bought last year.
DS200GDPAG1A or DS200GDPAG1AFB?
Both numbers refer to this board. DS200GDPAG1A is the base catalogue number — DS200 for the Mark V family, GDPA for the function, and G1 for the group-one board style with the normal grade of protective coating. DS200GDPAG1AFB adds the revision tail; the trailing letters track functional revisions applied to the design.
Buyers frequently search one form and not the other, then conclude the part is unavailable. If you searched GDPAG1AFB and found nothing, search the base number, and vice versa. Read the number off the PCB itself rather than the cabinet slot label.
This unit
Used, cleaned and tested, supplied with a 1-year warranty.
What to include in your quote request
- The full part number with the revision tail.
- The drive and turbine this board serves.
- What failed, and whether the power stage has been checked.
- Whether this is a breakdown or a shelf spare.
- Whether you can accept a superseding revision.
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