Product Description
This IS215WETAH1A printed circuit board was originally designed for manufacture by the GE Energy shell company of industry giant General Electric. GE Energy is an relatively new subsidiary company of General Electric that has a focus on the development of alternative energy drive systems and systems control components. Because of the recent and specialized nature of GE Energy’s Mark VIe Wind Turbine Control System Series, this product only possesses a limited amount of original, product-specific instructional manual materials for research purposes. With this in mind, much of the information contained on this page is sourced from a diligently-led breakdown of the individualized IS215WETAH1A part number, paired with any existing information that can be pulled from fringe Mark VIe Wind Turbine Control System Series manuals detailing other PCBs or the general series.
Before conducting an individualized part number breakdown for this IS215WETAH1A PCB, it is important to source at least a functional description of the product, beyond its inherent description as a printed circuit board. In fringe Mark VIe Wind Series manual materials, this IS215WETAH1A PCB is more explicitly defined as a Top Box A Module Board; which may indicate its positioning within the greater Mark VIe Wind Turbine Control Series’ drive assembly. This IS215WETAH1A Top Box A Module Board’s individualized product number begins with the IS215 series tag, which actually boasts dual naming responsibilities for this product. The IS215 tag designates this IS215WETAH1A board as a domestically-produced General Electric product that features a special assembly version. The special assembly version most likely attributable to this product is the one that contains a SCOM grounding output terminal in its assembly, although this is not confirmed as with other IS215 Mark VIe models. This board can be more exactly tracked down to General Electric’s Salem, Virginia factory plant, in terms of its manufacturer location within the U.S.A.
Another important element of the IS215WETAH1A product number can be found in its inclusion of the WETA functional acronym. This acronym is symbolic of this PCB’s Top Box A Module Board function, and was designed as a memorable and accessible conversational shorthand option to be used instead of the lengthy IS215WETAH1A product number. Following this WETA functional acronym in the IS215WETAH1A part number is the H1 series grouping tag, which, similarly to the IS215 series tag, has dual naming functionality. This H1 series grouping tag classifies the IS215WETAH1A as a conformally-coated printed circuit board with a group one Mark VIe Wind Turbine Control Series grouping. The true meaning of a group one Mark VIe Wind Series grouping has been lost over time, although a plethora of information surrounding this board’s conformal coating style is available. The conformal protective coating that shields the IS215WETAH1A PCB is a thin, chemically-applied layer of coating the envelopes and protects every surface of every hardware element attached to the board; unlike the alternative normal PCB coating that wouldn’t provide the same exhaustive PCB protective coverage.
