Re: BP retrofit yaxis drive burnup- follow-up

Keith could you post an wiring schematic of your new system ?
I am cabling my driver box and would like minimize the early problems
thay you had.

Thanks ind Advance

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Clark" <mail@t...>
wrote:

>
> I'd like to give some follow-up on the complete reworking of my BP
> retrofit. I was burning up Geckos on the y axis. The installer
> originally put in everything on top of all the original BP CNC
> equipment. I gutted the cabinets and rewired everything. Just tried
> out the machine and everything works almost. The relay for the DC
> powersupply that had been on the DC side got switched to the AC
> side. With switching on the DC side there was always a "bump" of
> the motors and the backup powersupply for the computer sensed a
> spike and briefly shutdown. Now with the AC side switched there is
> no bump. Hopefully the electrical problems are behind me except for
> the fact that the x axis will not run smoothly. It stalls unless
> tuned for very slow speed. The y and z axes run at top speed and
> acceleration in Mach2, much better than before. It looks like the
> wires are all connected properly but I will recheck everything
> tomorrow. In the old configuration the x axis always ran fine.
>
> If the wiring is fine and the capacitor across the power on the
> Geckos is not bad, what next?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Keith Clark