Re: 80V Toroid & Ferrite Beads

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Kimberlin
<kimberln@c...> wrote:

> John Delaney wrote:
>
> >I just drove over and picked up a 750 VA toroid with 80V series
> >output. Exactly the max voltage of the Geckos. First part of my

power

> >supply for the servo motors.
> >
> By the time you make a power supply with 80vac output, a bridge
> rectifier and a couple of smoothing capacitors, you will have 113

vdc,

> not 80v. You probably don't want to run a Gecko at its maximum

either.

> Maybe you should have got a 55vac transformer??
>
> JerryK

Oh, well there I go assuming too much again. Or, since my motors are
actually rated higher, maybe I should get Rutexes? Or, maybe I'll
figure out a way to drop the voltage.

Thanks for the information.

-jd