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 and killing the driver. Some people said they > do it all the time, which sees hard to believe. It came to mind that it > would be nice to have the connector latch interlocked with the drive > power so the drive is turned off well before the connector breaks output > contact. > Another issue that came up was that the motor connector (green 6 pin) had an affinity for burning up due to a resistive contact either at the screw clamp for the wire or at the pin and socket. One user replaced the connector with soldering wires directly to the board. Others used contact grease and or ferrules on the wire ends. http://www.digikey.com/product-highlights/us/en/weidmuller-wire-end-ferrules/3775 -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
