Re: Power supplies

Warren,
Go to www.geckodrive.com and read the stepper motor white paper...and
other documents about power supplies etc. It will answer many of your
questions....Depending on what you want to do with your setup, I'd
say that you could use a 75v PS with those motors (but this depends
on the max voltage that the Xylotex will handle....I forget what that
is) You might be limited to something like 48v...which would be fine.
Read the info on gecko's site.

-Brady

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "wvickery2003"
<wvickery2003@y...> wrote:

>
> Hi there,
>
> I've ordered a 4 axis unipolar kit from Xylotex and have bought 3
> 4.5V 2.5A/phase stepper motors for a CNC conversion. I'm planning
> on running 4 motors eventually.
>
> What spec power supply would you use for this setup?
>
> I'd also like to know if it is actually safe to run steppers at a
> higher voltage than they are rated? If I ran mine at, say 24V, and
> they are only rated at 4.5V, am I going to end up completely
> destroying them (obviously the current would be kept within the
> rating)?
>
> Regards
> Warren