Re: moving Bridgeport steppers with Gecko d rivers - help!

Thanks, I will get some caps tomorrow and see if it helps...

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Andy Wander <awander@v...>
wrote:

> So why not install the caps, as recommended? One less potential

problem.

>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theokspindoctor
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: 8/15/2004 10:28 PM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: moving Bridgeport steppers with

Gecko drivers

> - help!
>
>
> However, there is still the question of whether the 470 uF

capacitor

> is necessary across the power connection. Mariss writes that this
> is required when the power supply is more than a 18 inches away or
> uses a fuse, both of which are true for my setup. I assume that

is

> the length of the wire from the power supply to the Gecko drive.

He

> says this is necessary because the drive draws supply current in
> 20khz pulses and needs "flywheel" for proper function.
>
>
>
> thanks!
>
> Keith Clark