Re: G201-IP
Posted by
turbulatordude
on 2002-11-24 20:03:58 UTC
I was not so fortunate. I did not check and had a 20 amp main fuse,
pop goes the weasle !
Dave
pop goes the weasle !
Dave
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:
> Mariss:
>
> Knocking on wood, perhaps I should NOT enter my 2-bits' worth in
this regard:
>
>
> Generally, I have "never" blown a fuze nor a semiconductor of
value, as I use
> common sense (primarily the only kind I have, being
> academically-challenged!). So far, I have used only TWO G210's
(same as the
> G201 as far as this point goes, I think), in an application-
specific plotter
> I built for a customer in Ohio.
>
> Being basically a klutzy dolt, I had "tacked" stepper-wire-ends to
the
> terminals for a "try and see" run, and had stripped far more length
of
> insulation off the wire-ends than the space between these terminals
to which
> the motor was connected. Then, in my [deleted]ing around,
I "bumped into",
> thus cross-shorted two adjacent motor-wires (a "shorted winding").
This VERY
> fortunately ONLY blew the 1.5 A. fuze I was using in the "motor DC
line" from
> the power-supply, though it WAS a "dead short" to the Gecko drive!
Untoward
> utterances deleted, I fixed the temporary connections, put in a new
fuze, and
> tried again, HOPING I hadn't blown anything! The G210 was OK!
Whew! I was
> very pleased by the "toughness" of the drive, but I guess an up-to-
7-amp
> capability, with a current-set resistor for "1 amp load" installed,
I might
> expect that. But the "dead short" did have me worried
until "second test"!
> Whew!
>
> I will be using more G210's in the future (assuming I get orders
for more
> simple PC-controlled application-specific toys)!
>
> Jan Rowland, aging klutz
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Discussion Thread
mariss92705
2002-11-23 13:41:41 UTC
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2002-11-23 14:38:41 UTC
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2002-11-23 14:47:54 UTC
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2002-11-23 15:16:28 UTC
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2002-11-23 15:34:13 UTC
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2002-11-23 16:10:41 UTC
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2002-11-24 20:01:56 UTC
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2002-11-24 20:06:17 UTC
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2002-11-26 18:21:28 UTC
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2002-11-27 02:39:42 UTC
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