Re: New power supply question

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:

> In a message dated 15-Jun-02 17:30:07 Central Daylight Time,
> afogassa@y... writes:
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> > do I really need a 12 amps. PS or it should be half of
> > that? (BIPOLAR camtronics drive)
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> I am unfamiliar with the Camtronics drive. Is that a "chopper

drive"?

> Bipolar, so probably. Therefore, you have a DC supply voltage much

higher

> than the motor-rating; like 24 VDC or more? Think, then, about the

POWER

> involved, not the "phase current ratings". If a motor uses, say, 3

VDC/4

> amp, that is 12 VA per phase. So, if you have a 24 VDC supply,

that would be

> only 0.5 V per phase from the DC supply. Confusing, yes. Had ME

going until

> Mariss held my hand and explained. Duh...
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Yes,it's a chopper, and yes it's confusing, yes it's a 24v.PS 36V
unloaded.
Let's see: 24/72= .33333Va, still confising!

Fogassa.