Re: Gecko burned out

The one complaint I have with the Geckos is that the screws and
holes are so small that one must use very small diameter wire. I
have used larger diameter wire and thinned down the wire to make it
fit but have had trouble getting the wire to hold securely. I had
the occasion to use an Anaheim Automation drive with much larger
conntectors. I wish the Geckos used the same type of connector.
With a larger screw and holder the wires are very tightly and
securely held.

Keith

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<turboking@j...> wrote:

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> walid wrote:
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> >Dear jon
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> > How can I protect my gecko drives in case of motor loose wire
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> Buy a more expensive drive that is designed to tolerate abuse.

None of

> the low-cost
> hobby-market drives are built with the kind of circuits that will
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> kind of damage. I can't recommend any specific models. I don't

know which

> makes/models might have such sophisticated safety controls.
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> I disagree. i have made money using "hobby-market drives".Geckos

only burn up, when something is "WRONG". I used one gecko for 4
years and 1,000 of work pieces, the other axis i went thru 5 geckos
before i realized i had a bad stepper motor(since then after i fixed
the problem no issues).

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> Carl