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Yet another power supply question

Posted by jbolt001
on 2002-04-23 21:10:43 UTC
Hi group,

While the subject of power supplies is floating around right now and
I will be working on one soon I'll put my questions out as well. I am
very electrically "challenged" so be kind.

My step motors are 8 wire PowerMax II double stacks. Connected in
parallel they are rated at 4.6 amps/phase and 0.38 ohms/phase. (This
is where my ignorance starts to show.) What do they mean by phase in
a step motor?

Using the formulas from the white papers on the Gecko site I came up
with the following:

3(motors) * 4.6 amps * .666 = 9.2 amps
4.6 amps * 0.38 ohms = 1.75 volts
1.75V * 25 = 43.75 VDC Max
For Geckos I will need a Transformer with an output between 24 to 44
VDC

Transformer = single secondary 24VAC / 10amps (24*1.4=33.6VDC)
Torodial? I could not make heads or tails of what would be a
comparable torodial transformer.

Filter Capacitor C=(80,000*I)/V or 80,000*10amps/ 33.6 = 23,810uf
The closest CAPs look to be 27000uf 50V (more ignorance again) What
type of capacitor do I need? When I searched the electronics sites
there must be a dozen or more types of caps.

Bridge Rectifier, min 12A 50V max 25A 100V?

What size, type wire should be used?

So am I close?

Thanks,

Jay

Discussion Thread

jbolt001 2002-04-23 21:10:43 UTC Yet another power supply question RichD 2002-04-23 21:39:03 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Yet another power supply question mariss92705 2002-04-23 21:43:54 UTC Re: Yet another power supply question jbolt001 2002-04-24 13:11:18 UTC Re: Yet another power supply question mariss92705 2002-04-24 13:27:12 UTC Re: Yet another power supply question ballendo 2002-04-26 01:52:28 UTC Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? batwings@i... 2002-04-26 04:28:00 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? mariss92705 2002-04-26 10:18:54 UTC Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? JanRwl@A... 2002-04-27 16:52:49 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? ballendo 2002-04-28 04:03:22 UTC More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? dave_ace_me 2002-04-28 07:23:13 UTC More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? mariss92705 2002-04-28 09:21:02 UTC More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? steveggca 2002-04-28 16:24:12 UTC More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? Peter 2002-04-29 12:17:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? William Scalione 2002-04-30 08:05:12 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? jim davies 2002-04-30 16:39:55 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? steveggca 2002-04-30 17:20:26 UTC More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ? Paul R. Hvidston 2002-04-30 17:43:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More Re: Drive mfrs recommendations for MOTOR cables ?