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We were taught 600V injures and kills more electricians than any other voltage, usually from arc fault type situations. So they get thrown off or clamp on is one aspect, but the amount of energy released from a typical 600V fault is just so much higher. Under normal circumstances arc faults...

$13solution: Well I used a surplus Saturn windshield wiper motor and it had no problem lifting the head of my LC30 round column mill, and that head must weigh >> more than 65lbs. Action video...... https://www.dropbox.com/s/26wb19hzack3i44/VerticalLift Movie-short.wmv?dl=0 $50 solution: What I...

I just purchased another used 2HP Altivar with Sensorless Flux Vector control and external braking, this one was $70 on eBay. I have three used Altivar's now. All work perfectly. The only bad VFD I have experienced was purchased new and failed IIRC with < 10 hours of actual use but beyond the...

Looking at the KBDA manual, table 12 on page 26, it appears to have a 28 position terminal block with various ways to initiate a STOP. Page 19 references injection braking.

^ what he said. Absolutely have an E-Stop, but wire it at the low voltage control terminals, definitely not in the wiring to the motor.

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The innovation trend continues with the new AFIPM motors. Assuming the EV thing picks up steam, both motor and battery technology should provide a lot of spin-off technology. Things are moving quickly, I sure hope these Giga battery plants we're building don't burn down or become obsolete...

Watching one of the Clough42 videos (upgrading to 3P motor on a GO602 10x22 lathe) I noticed that the GO602 has a back gear type of arrangement. In the following video, towards the end of the video he does a low speed torque test. I might try and retrofit a similar back gear arrangement to my...

Sorry to hear about your chickens. We had a hawk nest in our backyard for several summers when we were in Mississauga, very entertaining especially the year they were competing with the family of crows a few trees over. The crows were smarter but when it comes to flight it was like F15 vs...

Small stock storage end cuts, I use Kijiji lateral filing cabinets usually free when someone is moving.