Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Belli Button
have compared them side by side, I'll take photo's one day. > > Cheers, > > -Original Message- > From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com] > Sent: 16 January 2015 19:11 > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MA860H St

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
by side, I'll take photo's one day. > > Cheers, > > -Original Message- > From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com] > Sent: 16 January 2015 19:11 > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver > >

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Belli Button
;s one day. Cheers, -Original Message- From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com] Sent: 16 January 2015 19:11 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver On 01/16/2015 06:48 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > That looks identical to this L

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 01/16/2015 06:48 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > That looks identical to this Leadshine item. > > 151414015351 The pin out is different so the PCB is different for some reason. > Leadshine has a good reputation for stepper drivers. They also make a > 120 VAC input stepper driver with 8+ amps of outpu

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread jrmitchellj .
They may be using polyfuses in their design, which restore the path when the overload goes away. They look very different than traditional fuses. Ray --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 01/16/2015 08:52 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On 01/15/2015 11:32 PM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: ... snip >> I did break one drive when I unplugged the motor while the drive was >> still under power. > > There was some chatter on the CNCzone/Tormach forum recently about > unplugging a fourth axis a

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 01/15/2015 11:32 PM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: ... snip > I use similar drives all the time and I put 110vdc on a 80vdc drive > the other week. The cover shows 80VAC max. which would be (80 * 1.4 =) 112VDC max. and shows 110VDC max on the cover. > I thought that the drives was cooked but when I

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
That looks identical to this Leadshine item. 151414015351 Leadshine has a good reputation for stepper drivers. They also make a 120 VAC input stepper driver with 8+ amps of output. If you have the time to wait you can get some bargains directly from China suppliers. Dave On 1/15/2015 9:40

Re: [Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-15 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2015-01-16 04:40, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I just received one of these (2.5 weeks from China) as a possible > replacement for my unipolar driver that keeps blowing out transistors: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/331393094727 > > The original drivers run at 45V and 8 amps, with NEMA42 motors with 2.5 >

[Emc-users] MA860H Stepper Driver

2015-01-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
I just received one of these (2.5 weeks from China) as a possible replacement for my unipolar driver that keeps blowing out transistors: http://www.ebay.com/itm/331393094727 The original drivers run at 45V and 8 amps, with NEMA42 motors with 2.5 Ohms per coil. The new driver can run at somewhere