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Is this okay? The specsheet for the motor(s) gives -20C to 50C for ambient operating temperature.
MCG IH23014 motors wired parallel, 37vdc supply, 39k current set resistor (36k sets 3A, 62k sets 4A) Gecko 203V drivers.
Motor specs:
Parallel, 2.3 vdc/ph, 4.2 a/ph
Series, 4.7 vdc/ph, 2.1 a/ph
This seems too hot to me. Is it a function of the voltage or current, or both? 36/2.3=15.7, so it seems like the voltage isn't as much as it could be. 20*2.3=46, I'm 10 volts below that.
I've searched and read what I could, and it looks like this isn't all that hot according to some. But it is 25C over the listed specsheet ambient temperature given for the motors.
Monte