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alan g

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Joined: 28/09/2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: 07:21pm 27 Sep 2005
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Hi, does anyone know how to wire up the mini mill battery charger.  I can see the vero board and all the connections but haven't really got a clue as to what goes where.  How do I determine the correct wire coming from the stepper motor and to what pin does it connect to on each rectifier? Maybe if the vero board was flipped I might be able to tell.
 
Gizmo

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Posted: 02:23am 28 Sep 2005
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Hi Alan

Just about every stepper I've seen has different colour wire combinations, its just about impossible to say how to connect it up. But what I did was measure the resistance between the windings to work out which wires connect to the coils, and then I spun the windmill by hand and measured the output voltages. It took a while, but I found the combination that made the most power.

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/assemblyMini3.asp

Glenn


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Chris

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Joined: 12/09/2005
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Posted: 12:54am 12 Oct 2005
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It wont matter which wires you run into the stepper motor if its a 4 wire motor, as your running them into a rectifier. The rectifier will take a negative voltage and send it to the negative output, doesnt matter which wire it comes from. Thats assuming you wire up your rectifier correctly. 
 
Storm

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Posted: 08:04am 12 Oct 2005
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Cheeck this site out, may give you the info you need.

http://www.c-realevents.demon.co.uk/steppers/stepmotor.htm

 
Gizmo

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Posted: 09:15pm 12 Oct 2005
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Hey Storm.

Thats a good link. I'll add it to the Links page.

Thanks.

Glenn


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alan g

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Posted: 05:42pm 13 Oct 2005
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Thanks storm that site's great, I think I shall be alright with it now. I understand why steppers are more suitable for this kind of application also.

Thanks to everyone else who posted.

 
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