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are these motors good for a reprap?

Posted by secondsky 
are these motors good for a reprap?
January 15, 2013 01:51PM
Hello everyone, I'm new in the forum and would like to ask you a question:
I have four of these motors arising from a project done in the past, I was wondering if it would be good to make a RepRap, I thought like Prusa i3.
Resistance is a bit 'high, not the best for extreme microstepping, but the couple is good.
My first idea would be to use them with a RAMPS, because I already have some Pololu drivers and one arduino mega.
Thank you all.

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Re: are these motors good for a reprap?
January 16, 2013 03:31AM
They'll be fine, they might run a little hot, since you're going to be running close to their rated power.

On this note, make sure not to turn up your Polulus too much - from the numbers, can fry these motors before
the current limiting takes effect - especially if you were to have heatsinks on the Polulus.
Re: are these motors good for a reprap?
January 16, 2013 09:26AM
My idea would be to adjust the Pololu to 1 amp from his trimmer, which is also the limit beyond which the driver itself must be cooled.
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