Timeline for Stepper Motors getting very hot after use
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| Jan 24, 2018 at 20:35 | comment | added | user76844 | Man, use servo. There is no reason in the world to waste more power than is actually required. Like to hold a stepper in position ot to accelerate it by hoping you apply enough current. | |
| Jan 24, 2018 at 20:33 | answer | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Nov 14, 2017 at 7:31 | comment | added | Udit Sarkar | Thankyou, that must be it ! It was not wise of me to do so. Just out of curiousity would using a buck converter solve it for me. As 5volt 2amp power adapters aren't available here. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 20:00 | comment | added | jsotola |
i looked at the tinkernut project page that you followed to build this ..... and i say, what were you thinking ???!!! .... the project page uses +5V to power the steppers .... you use +12V and you wonder why the steppers are getting hot ????
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| Nov 13, 2017 at 19:10 | answer | added | Olin Lathrop | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 19:09 | comment | added | Udit Sarkar | The EasyDriver's ratted operating voltage was upto 20 volt so I choose the more available 12volt adapter, would this be resolved with a 5volt adapter ? | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 19:06 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | @UditSarkar - With a simple controller, guaranteed. Get a 5 volt adapter. To a first approximation, the power dissipated in a motor run at low speed (like a stepper) will vary as the square of the applied voltage. Going from 5 to 12 volts will increase the power by a factor of nearly 5. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 19:00 | comment | added | Udit Sarkar | Also my questions on this topic are usually marked not appropriate for that forum, so I turned up here for some help. I have worked long to get the stepper motors running as I am new to this it took me some getting used to. However I was Interested and continued, now that I am done I was worried if this may fail due to the over heating. I changed the power supply from a computer smps to a 12 volt adapter, I was using 5v supply from the computer power supply, and am using 12 volt from the adapter could this be the problem ? | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 18:57 | comment | added | Udit Sarkar | Okay sure, what details should I provide ? I followed the directions from this site tinkernut.com/portfolio/hack-old-cd-roms-into-a-cnc-machine/… | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 18:53 | comment | added | Transistor | Welcome to EE.SE, Udit, but the way you have worded the question it would be better on psychics.stackexchange.com - if there is one. You need to provide a schematic. There's a button on the editor toolbar and its easy to use. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 18:52 | comment | added | Dampmaskin | It is not unusual for stepper motors to get hot. If you want a more detailed answer, you have to provide a lot more details yourself. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 18:47 | history | asked | Udit Sarkar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |