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Question AASD15a Power

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by Farlex, Sep 5, 2020.

  1. Farlex

    Farlex New Member

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    Hi.

    This is my first post. And before asking I will just say thanks for letting me join in in this
    Incredible forum.

    I just bought a AASD15a servo driver to do some tests for my upcoming build.
    And in the manual it says that it can handle 1 ore 3 phases 220v
    I live in Denmark and we have 240 v on each phase i´m sure that it can handle that.
    But the question is when you connect 3 phases of each 240 volt and you measure over 2 phases it will give you 400 volt can the controller handle that ?
    Ore do i have to make some sort of step down so the volt will be lowered ?

    The Sim I´m building is a 6 Dof.
    Whit a Thanos controller.
    And the reason that i Would like to go 3 phase is that on a single phase i only got 2400 watt.
    So its way to close to the limit The Sim itself and that's without the computer and surround system.
  2. Thanos

    Thanos Building the Future one AC Servo at a time... or 6

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    No, don't wire them 400v!! Wire 220v single phase to each, but you can share the 3phases (220v each phase) between the servos to lessen the load on each phase, say by wiring two servos per phase if you are doing a 6DOF for example.

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    Thanos Building the Future one AC Servo at a time... or 6

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    If the previous video looks too complicated to follow, see this video for a much simpler wiring:
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  4. Farlex

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    Hi. Thanos.
    Thanks for the quick reply for my question.
    Then I´ll use 1 phase for 3 servos x2 and 1 for computer, monitors and surround.
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    dont mixup with the phase!just follow the order and wiring Thanos board and video you already prepared.:thumbs
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    Hi. Hooshang.
    I can only see the last of the videos that Thanos linked to. Because of a case of Coda and Youtube are fighting price paid to the artist of the Songs in the videos.

    But i get not to connect them with 3 phases so they will be connected to 400v whit a floating zero.
    I will connect 3 servos to phase 1 and 3 to phase 2 with a normal Null as negative.

    But were in the world will you get 220v with 3 phases is it in the states were there is only 110v on each phase ?
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    Thanos Building the Future one AC Servo at a time... or 6

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    Each servo drive needs 220v single phase, with three wires Hot-Neutral-Ground. If you are not sure how to wire it, please ask a certified electrician to help you. Its dangerous to mix cables in multi phase systems...
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    all you need as power is a single phase 220-240 like you have in your country,if you do wiring correctly, the rest done by drivers!
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    Yes i know it´s dangerous to mix up the wires.
    The only thing that got me confused was that the driver has both 1 and 3 phase input.
    And as described in the manual that it can´t handle 400 volt when connected to 3 phase as a normal power socket whit 3 phase will supply when connecting 3x240 volt and no null.

    But I´ll stick to 1 phase for 3 controllers with Null and ground and use another phase for the next 3.

    And yes all components will be grounded But i took that for granted.

    Thanks for the heads up.
    Looking forward to start my tread om my build so that you all can follow the progress.