Re: gecko's and voltage - Gecko Warrantee

Well I must say I am amazed at all the replies to my seemingly simple
question. Some replies even answered the question! I must also say
I asked Mariss this question offline as well and I recieved a very
quick response. Goes to show that Gecko Drive is a top notch
retailer/manufacturer, and is genuinely concerned about the customer.

I will continue to run the drives at 65 volts. I would hate to break
these perfectly good drives.

Thanks for everyones help.

I have one more question then. If I can obtain a 80 volt REGULATED
powersupply, it will be perfectly safe to run the drive at the RATED
voltage correct?

My motors are 115 volt DC, 1.1 amp coupled direct drive to 3/4-6 acme
screws.

Eric

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
<davemucha@j...> wrote:

> > I don't think it would be a good idea to try and push
> > Gecko's very generous warrantee policy by ignoring the published
> > specifications.
> >
> > Tim
> > [Denver, CO]
> > Sherline products at Deep Discount & now offering Taig
> > Mach1 & DeskCNC with credit card ordering
> > www.KTMarketing.com/Sherline
>
>
> If anybody has dealt with Mariss, you know that he sets the Gold
> Standard for a manufacturer.
>
> It is my opinion from my observations that he is much more

interested

> in FINDING the reasons for a problem than to play the 'you must

have

> done something, it left here perfect' or the 'our records show it
> shipped at 2:58PM and we didn't get it till 4:00, so your warrantee
> expired' game of some manufacturers. To do that it seems that he
> wants you to return your damaged drives so he can figure out what
> happened.
>
> Also, if you have been on the list (or searched the archives) you
> will realize that he is the GURU of drivers.
>
> All engineering is done for some reasons. too much voltage in a
> drive results in less performance in some way, too many amps in
> another. the 99.9% of the use falls into the ranges he offers. If
> you need more power, steppers stop delivering at some point and
> servo's start to deliver.
>
> As posted yesterday, making a 200 amp drive is not hard to do, but
> you probably can't afford the cost, or you would not pay the cost.
> So the market does drive the products at some point.
>
> Read Mariss's posts on WHY he chose the limits he did. it was not
> for convenience on his part, it was engineered with well thought

out

> reasons, and he has posted them for us more than once.
>
> I'm not coming to his defense as he can do that better than most,

but

> this thread can go off into next week with the questions.

Questions

> that have already been hashed out.
>
> Dave