On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 19:08 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/11/20 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > > On 20 November 2012 11:23, <kqt4a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I see a great many lower priced switching supplies > > > > Possibly because a motor power supply contains too few components to > > bother selling as a unit. > > A transformer, rectifier and capacitor is all that is needed. And the > > transformer may be optional. > > For my last 3 machines I used ~1kW transformer with 220VAC input and > 20VAC output, which gives ~28 VDC after rectification. My current > build has 800W transformer with 20VAC output, that machine has 2 7i39 > drives, 10A for each motor is 40A total. That is what transformer > rated for, but I am now curious to find out, if capacitors, when they > will be charged, will not actually draw a lot more current. What do > others think about it? How can I calculate that? > > BTW those are custom-made for me torroidal transformers by a company > in Poland. The 1kW transformer cost me 200EUR, including shipping, the > 800W was 150EUR. I managed to burn down 50A rectifier bridge (despite > the heatsink), but I was not able to feel by hand that transformer had > warmed even a little. They work really great. > If anyone ever needs, let me know, I can pass their contacts.
Avel Lindberg Inc., United States 47 South End Plaza New Milford, Connecticut 06776 USA E-Mail: sa...@avellindberg.com Tel: (860) 355 4711 Fax: (860) 354 8597 Avel Lindberg, Europe Arisdale Avenue Unit 6 Sirhowy Industrial Park Tredegar Gwent NP22 4QZ United Kingdom E-Mail: eurosa...@avellindberg.com Tel: 01495 722233 Fax: 01495 722244 I've had good luck with these guys. Price on their 25v-25v 20 A was about 142 USD. No idea what the Brit price might be. http://www.avellindberg.com/transformers/toroidal_transformers_index.htm YMMV Dave > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users