The Allen-Bradley 1336-BDB-SP57B gate drive board is a PCB or printed circuit board kit. It is available from Allen-Bradley as a spare part kit and it can be used with Allen-Bradley 1336 AC drives from the PLUS II, FORCE, PLUS, and IMPACT product lines. The specific drives with which the 1336-BDB-SP57B board kit can be used are Series C and up IMPACT, PLUS and FORCE drives which operate at 460 Volts AC input and offer 25 Horsepower of drive output and Series A and up PLUS II drives which operate at 460 Volts AC input and offer 25 Horsepower of drive output. The 1336-BDB-SP57B board is compatible with Frame B drives and one board kit is required for each drive.

The Allen-Bradley 1336 PLUS, IMPACT and PLUS II drives are available in 0.5 to 600 Horsepower output ratings. The Allen-Bradley 1336 FORCE drives are available in 1 to 650 Horsepower output ratings. These solid-state drives are adjustable frequency AC drives that support multiple voltage classes including 200, 400 and 600 Volts AC voltage classes. ESD can adversely affect the performance of solid-state drives. Therefore ESD precautions should be followed during drive installation and maintenance. The presence of high voltage and current inside Allen-Bradley 1336 drives poses a safety hazard to users and other equipment. Therefore Allen-Bradley strongly recommends that only trained technicians should undertake the installation and maintenance of AC drives such as the PLUS II, FORCE, PLUS, and IMPACT series. Complete discharge of the bus capacitors is essential prior to work with the drive, such as installing a 1336-BDB-SP57B board kit, and the bus voltage can be verified on test points provided for this purpose.