Re: 8-wire 1/2coil stepper?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:

> Sure you can use an 8 wire motor as half coils and leave 4 wires as

no

> connects. Unless you think you may have coils that are connected or
> shorted you will not hurt anything if you connect the parallel coils
> opposing each other. The motor will just sit there and make fun

noises.

> This is one of the situations where I would set the drive to the

lowest

> amp setting it has and use a low voltage power supply. Once

everything

> is spinning properly up the volts and the amps.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the info. How do you easily change the volts?

I have a 0-12VAC, 0-12VAC transformer, and currently I start with
just 0-12VAC, then I go on to 0-12-0-12 giving 0-24VAC. But I do not
know 100% all that I am doing as there are other things like fuses,
LED's etc in the box and I haven't thoroughly thought out all the
possibilities.

Thanks again

keongsan