Re: How to blow a Gecko 320

Jon,

Please see "A Servo E-Stop Circuit.pdf" or the more elegant and
complex "POWER SUPPLY.pdf" in the flies section of this group.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/

Both circuits do exactly that.

Mariss

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
>
>
> Mariss Freimanis wrote:
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> >Eric,
> >
> >Shutting of the AC is the best way. Switching the DC to the drives
is
> >the worst way.
> >
> >
> >
> How about throwing a fairly heavy drain resistor across the
capacitor
> bank to drain it more quickly, and brake the motors if they are
still
> moving? Using the NC contacts of a relay held in by the AC supply
> would do that.
>
> Jon