Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-17 Thread John Dammeyer
the speed. John > -Original Message- > From: jrmitchellj [mailto:jrmitche...@gmail.com] > Sent: December-17-20 3:23 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again. > > By chance have you checked if there is a continuit

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-17 Thread jrmitchellj
By chance have you checked if there is a continuity/resistance from one of the windings to the frame of the stepper? --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com "Good enough is the enemy of excellence"author unknown On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 3:17 PM John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi Gene, > > > From:

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-08 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Gene, > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > On Tuesday 08 December 2020 02:04:49 John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > I think I'd be measuring the ohmage and inductance of each winding > > > in that motor. A partially shorted winding would be on my suspects > > > list. > > > > > > They

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-08 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Roland Jollivet [mailto:roland.jolli...@gmail.com] > Solder a bridging wire under the pcb directly to the output Fet or whatever. > And/or maybe solder wires from the posts to an off-board connector so there > are no connectors on the board itself. > I'm not sure which FET to solder to

[Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-08 Thread Roland Jollivet
Solder a bridging wire under the pcb directly to the output Fet or whatever. And/or maybe solder wires from the posts to an off-board connector so there are no connectors on the board itself. On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 06:39, John Dammeyer wrote: > The attached photo is of the last time but this

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 December 2020 02:04:49 John Dammeyer wrote: > > I think I'd be measuring the ohmage and inductance of each winding > > in that motor. A partially shorted winding would be on my suspects > > list. > > > > They should match within a few %. A 10% diff would condemn it in my > > CET

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-07 Thread John Dammeyer
> I think I'd be measuring the ohmage and inductance of each winding in > that motor. A partially shorted winding would be on my suspects list. > > They should match within a few %. A 10% diff would condemn it in my CET > mind. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 07 December 2020 23:37:08 John Dammeyer wrote: > The attached photo is of the last time but this time it's not much > different. I've resoldered the posts, cleaned everything up including > polishing the posts and installed a new connector. With only a few > minutes running the

[Emc-users] Gecko G213V failed yet again.

2020-12-07 Thread John Dammeyer
The attached photo is of the last time but this time it's not much different. I've resoldered the posts, cleaned everything up including polishing the posts and installed a new connector. With only a few minutes running the connector is already quite hot. So I'm guessing the problem is in