Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Clarifications needed -

On Sunday 14 September 2003 12:16 am, Tim Goldstein spake:

> > Would you and others recommend I have it lower?
> >
> > I'm not sure at this point if it makes a difference, but all
> > three motors ( with a fourth later) run off of this voltage.
> > I'm guessing, but it seems possible to have all three axis' drawing
> > off of the output voltage at once, making each get 1/3
> > available... Or am I thinking of this incorrectly?
>
> Each motor and drive will see the full voltage. It is not reduced by
> connecting more (unless you did it in series and that would be a bad
> thing). I would recommend you aim for about 60 - 65 VDC. That give you a
> good amount of headroom and will still give you great performance.

Yeah... I'll tell ya... I can be _REAL_ idiot sometimes.
Right afte rI wrote that, I thought of how you can plug three
things into any wall outlet and lo and behold - they all still
get the same amount of voltage...

Yep, I'mma idjit.

Now, is it the Zenier diode that I change to drop the voltage?

Weyland