I will end up with slightly long cable runs on a 4x4ft. XYZ router table. My question is with stepper motors, AC powered router, do all cables need to be shielded? (motor, limits, router) If not which ones can you get away with un-shielded?
I will end up with slightly long cable runs on a 4x4ft. XYZ router table. My question is with stepper motors, AC powered router, do all cables need to be shielded? (motor, limits, router) If not which ones can you get away with un-shielded?
Sure they can you normally use twisted pairs for any of the low voltage wires, low voltage sometimes have to use a isolated Common, and not connected to High voltage main Star Ground, as high frequency noise on the main Ground can cause problem on low voltage Commons
Cat6 Shielded cable has even been used for limit switch wire, just a hint
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The least expensive shielded wire I was able to find was from CNC ROUTER PARTS they have them listed with their kits but I'm sure you could purchase them separately. I used to have an old diy table that had many issues and one was I was getting interference so I started looking for shielded wire found it there & ended up purchasing a 4896 pro kit from them