RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Pleaes help !!! Stepper Motor Question.

Check the wires to the case with a meter. My guess is that the earth is
just a ground wire to the case and does not connect to the phase wires.
I have had some motors like that and just ignores the shield.

Tim
[Denver, CO]
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> -----Original Message-----
> I have 3 Compumotor M83-135's. I just recieved them in the mail
> today and what I thought was a eight wire stepper has turned into a
> 5 wire setup. I do not know if this is a Unipolar or Bi-Polar
> stepper. The wire setup is as follows
>
> Phase 1 + Wht
> Phase 1 - GRN
> Phase 2 + BLK
> Phase 2 - RED
> Bar wire - Earth shield