Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-28 Thread andy pugh
I just won: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Power-Supply-X-Din-Rail-Series-Power-One-Convert-Select-/261129435636 The chap says he has more. (24V 500W DIN-mount, £632 list price, though I don't know if he knows that) Anyone interested? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.c

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-22 Thread Dave
It is hard to beat a properly sized linear power supply for reliability. The cost difference compared to a switcher is not that great. However, I've used both. For big switchers, I have bought several from this company: http://www.powersupplyemporium.com/ It is not obvious from their website

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 01:07:50 cogoman did opine: > On 11/20/2012 11:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But I wanted something at about 40 volts for the lathe & wound up > > making an unregulated linear for 10% of the cost of a switcher at the > > time. Loaded up, its doing about 37 volts so I

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-21 Thread cogoman
On 11/20/2012 11:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > But I wanted something at about 40 volts for the lathe & wound up making an > unregulated linear for 10% of the cost of a switcher at the time. Loaded > up, its doing about 37 volts so I missed my target, but it gets the job > done, moving the lathe at

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 21 November 2012 15:46:42 Peter Blodow did opine: > Gene Heskett schrieb: > > /snip/ > > > But I wanted something at about 40 volts for the lathe & wound up > > making an unregulated linear for 10% of the cost of a switcher at the > > time. Loaded up, its doing about 37 volts so I

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-21 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene Heskett schrieb: /snip/ > But I wanted something at about 40 volts for the lathe & wound up making an > unregulated linear for 10% of the cost of a switcher at the time. Loaded > up, its doing about 37 volts so I missed my target, but it gets the job > done, moving the lathe at very good

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 I

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.

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 m

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 : > > On 20 November 2012 11:23, 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

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 : > > On 20 November 2012 11:23, 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 tran

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Ben Potter
wer supply, and feed all the drives off that as a DC link. Hope that helps Ben -Original Message- From: kqt4a...@gmail.com [mailto:kqt4a...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 November 2012 11:24 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] power supplies Would y'all comment a bit power

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/11/20 andy pugh : > On 20 November 2012 11:23, 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 > transfo

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 o

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 you

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread Dave Caroline
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:23 AM, 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, worksforme Just

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 November 2012 11:23, 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. -- atp If yo

[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 sin