Hi all,
Iv been trying to figure out how to set the amps on my stepper drive to suit my stepper motor,trouble is, its set useing a pot not a dipper switch so i had to kinda guess when i set it. the driver is 4.3A max so i just turned the pot to max then backed it off a little hopeing it was about 4amps which is what my motor is raited at when wired in paralell. the motor runs fine exept it gets very hot very fast, in about 2 mins. i know stepper motors do get hot as i have a hobby cnc pro board that runs the same size motors but they only get hot after about 40 mins, and never get hot enough that i feel the need to turn them off. the motor is 260 oz-in. Could i use my multimeter to check the amps? puting one probe on the drive A and the other on the motor A wire? If that would work,how would i take a readeing? with the motor at max rpm or stationary? also i heard a motor draws more amps than it says on the label. its all very confusing the motor is on the bench so its not even under any load.
Heres some info on the motor and driver im useing Zapp Automation Marchant Dice Knowledge Base :: View topic - SBOX Driver
Any advice on this would be much appresiated,
thanx in advance,
Simon,