Re: Testing stepper motors

I am no expert at this but it sounds like the motor was wired up like
the 8 wire example in this file.
http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/motor/ck1404.pdf

Dick K.

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wrote:

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> Hi all,
>
> I have a suspect stepper motor, is there a way of testing it without
> sacrificing a stepper drive, it has eight wires comong out of it,

four

> of which are commoned together, the other four meter out as two

coils,

> all the megger tests indicate nothing is either open circuit or short
> circuit.
> Any advice would be apreciated.
>
> Steve
>
> steven@e...
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