Re: Choosing a Power Supply?

That's exactly where I got my assumptions that I posted...
I was looking for anything I might have missed....
Thanks!
Paul F.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Andy Wander <awander@v...> wrote:
> Download the G201 manual, and also the "Stepper Motor White paper(full
> version)" from the Geckodrive web site, and give them a quick read. This
> should answer most of your questions.
>
> Andy Wander
> Verrex Corporation
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shyningnight@y... [mailto:shyningnight@y...]
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:57 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Choosing a Power Supply?
>
> Having more or less settled on using a Gecko drive (probably the 201) for my
> stepper
> retrofit....
>
> I'm now thinking that at some point I'll need a power supply!
>
> I'm a bit "slow" when it comes to electricity.... that is, I'm ignorant...
>
> What I THINK I need;
> A power supply that will supply up to 70 VDC (the maximum that the Gecko 201
> will
> handle, as I read the specs), at 6Amps (I have 3 steppers rated for 2Amp per
> phase...
> 2amps times thee motors; 6 Amps?).
>
> Given this, should I be looking for a 60-70VDC supply at 7Amps (a bit of
> headroom for
> the motors)???
>
> There are currently 1250 "Power Supplies" in the Business and Industrial
> section of eBay...
> you'd think at least ONE of them would be more or less what I'm looking for,
> wouldn't you?
>
> Are there any other considerations when looking for a Power Supply that I"m
> not aware of?
>
> I don't have the money to buy one immediately... I want to buy the Gecko's
> first, then in
> another month or two, I'll get the power supply about the time I have a good
> start on the
> mechanicals of the retrofit...
> I have a long way yet to go!
>
> Any advice is appreciated!
> Paul F.
>
>
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