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Re: what voltages for stepper motors?

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So does anyone know why solidoodle would recommends approximately 1V?


It's a ballpark number and will most likely work for those not versed in or brave enough to adjust it...

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Re: what voltages for stepper motors?

Well... If people are brave enough to probe for voltage, they are more then likely, able to follow a couple of additional instructions.
I've more than halved the voltage(Somewhere in the .400-.600v range), and trying a test print.

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Re: what voltages for stepper motors?

BuMS wrote:

Well... If people are brave enough to probe for voltage, they are more then likely, able to follow a couple of additional instructions.
I've more than halved the voltage(Somewhere in the .400-.600v range), and trying a test print.


Just sayin, some people are not and in fact some expect these to be plug and play like a paper printer and are stupefied when they find out they have to do maintenance, tweaks, and even mods as a common thing.

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29 Reply by heartless (edited by heartless 2015-10-26 01:30:23)

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Re: what voltages for stepper motors?

BuMS wrote:

So does anyone know why solidoodle would recommends approximately 1V?

approximately is the key word here...
The "recommendation" is just that, a recommended starting point. You can take 5 printers of the exact same model, and no two will be exactly the same when they are dialed in to their optimum performance.

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Re: what voltages for stepper motors?

heartless wrote:

approximately is the key word here...
The "recommendation" is just that, a recommended starting point. You can take 5 printers of the exact same model, and no two will be exactly the same when they are dialed in to their optimum performance.

+1v big_smile

I have 3 SD2s and two units had the same boards. Sangs and RUMBAs. Each time they were dialed different. The only time I check the voltages is if I think the driver died or some crazy thing like that. I always tune by ear, then by performance for fine tuning.

Just get it in the ballpark then spend 20mins or so tweaking it.

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