Re: 2 Fried G210's in a single day :-(

keongsan,
I am without question the wrong person to ask, but I will say that
no mention of lowering the voltage when wiring from parallel to
series has been mentioned...only the lowering the current by about
half.

Sean

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "keongsan" <keongsan@y...> wrote:
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "audiomaker2000" <audiomaker@s...>
wrote:
>
> > I also learned that when you use only 4 wires of a 6 wire motor,
> > that you are in essence changing it from a parallel
configuration
> to
> > a series and need to limit the current. My understanding was
that
> > the motor was rated at 8 amps from the factory, and that it was
> > series wired from the factory, meaning that it would require 8
amps
> > in the state it was in unless I *changed* the wiring so I didn't
> > have any current resistor in there....mistake. Not connecting
> those
> > two extra wires put my current needs at 4 amps.
>
> A 8-wire stepper motor was given as 2.1 Amp 2.4 ohm. for
connection
> in parallel. Would this mean that its rated voltage would be about
> 5V ?
>
> So what will be its rating if it is connected in series?
>
> 4.2Amp and 2.5 volt?
>
> keongsan