WHAT difference between Conductive panel and steel panel

[pino2003fr]

WHAT difference between Conductive panel and steel panel
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[OdinIII]

The conductive panel is steel coated in a conductive coating. The plain panels are painted steel.

 

[dogleg43]

I believe the ones with a "G" are galvanized. The other ones are painted white. We normally grind off the white paint in the area where a ground bar is mounted to insure better conductivity.

 

[califflash]

I like to tap the hole provided in the corner for grounding then bolt a lug there. Keeps things pretty and if you need to change the lug later it is easy to do so.

 

[The Plc Kid]

The conductive panels work best for drive panel and such and help to eliminate a lot of the high frequency noise by providing a larger ground plane.

But the white looks better. We put our motor starters and drives in a separate panel from the other controls such as the PLC,HMI,etc for maintenance and arc flash reasons.

Both types have their uses.