Gecko G540 and 2 powersupplys possible ?

[isvflorin]

Hi there,
Just bought the PSU for the machine I intend to put together.
50V 10amps PSU.
From what I understood -to drive 4 axes at the max capacity of 3.5Amps
you would need a minimum of 10 Amps from the PSU.
If the PSU has only 10 A you would have nothing to spare and I understand the PSU is best to have amps to spare.

Question is - can I rig 2 PSU's with the G540, and how should they be wired ?

Regards,
Florin

Happy Holydays !!! All the best.

[rowbare]

A 50V 10A power supply should be adequate. The rule of thumb is 2/3 the total amp rating of the motors so 3.5 * 4 * .67 - ~9.4

[Crevice Reamer]

You usually don't use 4 motors of equal torque. You probably need either a heavier motor on the Z axis or 3 lighter motors for the other axes. What machine are you using these motors on?

CR.

[isvflorin]

Gantry type 1300x900x200
all motors are the same, nema 23, 425 oz, they were too cheap to bother with different torque ones.

[Crevice Reamer]

OK, it's a router not a mill. X has 2 motors driving it? Should be fine then.

CR.

[isvflorin]

Thanks for the answers,
today the motors just arrived and Surprise - they shipped different ones, intentionally or unintentionally.

Ordered from Zapp Automation UK, it seems I'm not the only one that got different motors.