Re: Gecko problems - What is going on?

lcdpublishing,

I am probably the one with the most posts on burning my Geckos since
I have gone through about 6 of them, but I think it is not the
Geckos fault that this has happened. I have no experience with
electronics and had to hire an installer who apparently did not do a
very good or complete job. I have had to limp along on my own
learning the hard way with a lot of help from this discussion group.
I am a do it yourselfer and should have hired a second person who
was experienced to fix me up but I wanted to learn for some other
projects I hope to do. I can't speak for the others who have had
problems, but this a complicated field with many pitfalls. The
causes have included incorrect motor wiring, short circuits due to
loose or improperly secured wiring, improper placement of a relay on
the powersupply that produced spikes and grounding problems. If I
get to the point that everything else is correct and a drive burns,
then I might change my tune, but I have always had confidence in the
Geckos due to what others in this group have said. Time will tell.
Going to servos, I am told would often be superior, but I have an
emotional and financial investment to make these steppers work...

Keith

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

>
> There appears to be a number of people reporting problems

of "Blowing"

> Gecko servo drives. As Gecko has such a solid reputation overall
> (many, many, positive posts), I am wondering what is going on.
>
> Is there something inherent in the design, wherein if you

do "this"

> then the drive will "Blow"? Just seems very strange that

something

> that works for a couple of months (years whatever), can suddenly

blow.

> I am planning a servo driven machine right now and I sure don't

want to

> end up watching the drives blow every couple of months because I
> did "Something" that no one can determine what the cause is. This

is

> sort of "X files" spooky stuff.