[Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread kqt4at5v
Would y'all comment a bit power supplies, linear or switching Pro's and con's Do's and don't I see a great many lower priced switching supplies Richard -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread andy pugh
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

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Dave Caroline
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:23 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Would y'all comment a bit power supplies, linear or switching Pro's and con's Do's and don't I see a great many lower priced switching supplies Some switchers need a minimum load to work I use a switcher for my stepper driven mill,

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Anders Wallin
linear PSUs can be momentarily overloaded quite a bit. That's what I've heard make them preferable for stepper/servo PSUs. The servo/stepper drive will contain more or less circuits for voltage and/or current control, so it's not that important to have a well-regulated DC-rail for the drive. If

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 20 November 2012 11:17:54 kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine: Would y'all comment a bit power supplies, linear or switching Pro's and con's Do's and don't I see a great many lower priced switching supplies Richard It depends on the supply whether it can be used with steppers or not.

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
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

[Emc-users] Eh! What?

2012-11-20 Thread dave
http://imagebin.org/236609 Pretty much self explanatory. Read the error message in the UL corner. I think my machine has been smoking the wrong stuff. What is going on here? Quick cure? TIA Dave -- Monitor your

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread dave
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

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 20 November 2012 14:15:44 Viesturs Lācis did opine: 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

Re: [Emc-users] Eh! What?

2012-11-20 Thread Belli Button
Ah yes, that error! It is a problem - Original Message - From: dave dengv...@charter.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:45 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Eh! What? http://imagebin.org/236609 Pretty much self

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Bruce Layne
For my servo CNC lathe conversion, I bought a linear power supply with a toroidal transformer from AnTek. http://www.antekinc.com They're a little pricy, but nothing like the prices I've seen in this thread. The AnTek power supplies provide the higher voltage needed for the stepper or servo

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Bruce Layne
On 11/20/2012 03:44 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: If you want to eliminate the high frequency noise from a switching power supply, you could use ferrite beads on the output of the switching power supply, or wrap that output wire several times around a ferrite toroid core to act as an RF choke. I

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread andy pugh
An alternative I spotted on eBay some time ago (and there seem to always be several) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STADIUM-5-2V-12V-12V-24V-34V-TRANSFORMER-POWER-SUPPLY-/261124905065? (look at his other items) He had some 10A 50V supplies a few weeks ago (with a bunch of other voltages too) -- atp

[Emc-users] VFD input

2012-11-20 Thread Przemek Klosowski
Not strictly EMC but I am sure people here will know the answer. We all know that a 3-phase VFD can often be used off one-phase. Since all the current is then pulled off the one leg of the input rectifier, the standard wisdom says that you derate the VFD power in this situation by a factor of 2 or

Re: [Emc-users] VFD input

2012-11-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 November 2012 22:28, Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote: It occurred to me that since the input circuit should be just a 3-phase rectifier, it should work to connect all three input terminals together, and feed that from the single phase. Two wires, three terminals.

Re: [Emc-users] VFD input

2012-11-20 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Przemek Klosowski wrote: Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:28:14 -0500 From: Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] VFD input

2012-11-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 17:28 -0500, Przemek Klosowski wrote: ... snip I can see that, while equalizing the load across the rectifiers, this scheme doesn't help with power variation within the 50/60Hz cycle, so some derating is still called for, I think. ... snip I've given this some thought

Re: [Emc-users] VFD input

2012-11-20 Thread Belli Button
How many kW are you looking for? Greg - Original Message - From: Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:28 AM Subject: [Emc-users] VFD input Not strictly EMC but I am

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-20 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: On 11/19/2012 05:13 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: I asked for the 3D models of the buttons so I can print them out with the text a different color than the button, along with color coding the buttons. If anyone wants some buttons printed, just let

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-20 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 19, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Hmm.., I digged a bit deeper in the text and vid's. It's a shame the button text is moulded with the buttons. To me homing should be made once at startup. It seems he's using homing when it should be a touch off. I'll ask him about it. Did

Re: [Emc-users] VFD input

2012-11-20 Thread Claude Froidevaux
If you put neutral on terminal L1 and phase on terminal 2 and 3, it will simply parallel 2 leg of the rectifier, this will change nothing. If you don't have enough power, you can try to increase capacitor bank by adding external capacitor (most VFD provide connection to DC bus). Take care