Thor, or should that be Zeus?

[battwell]

order a braking resistor too 50 ohm 300 watt ( ecogoo stock them around £30)

[Chaz]

About to pull the trigger on one of these VFDs. Also very keen to get a Hydrovane. You mentioned a 4KW unit, what model is that?

What current single phase do you have, powering the HSD spindle and the Hydrovane?

Thanks

[battwell]

hydrovane pulls 30 amp for about a second on startup- then drops to 7amp running. hsd never pulls more than 8 amp even when really heavy cutting. - averages around 3a

[Chaz]

hydrovane pulls 30 amp for about a second on startup- then drops to 7amp running. hsd never pulls more than 8 amp even when really heavy cutting. - averages around 3a

Thanks. Out of interest, how much 220V Current do you feed to each one? 32A or more?

[battwell]

hydrovane is wired into the back of a socket on 32a ring main , hsd is still just ran off a 13 amp plug!
my workshop supply is 60 amp- but that runs lights etc too . the lights will dim briefly when the hydrovane starts up .
but- if it allows me to use big boy stuff from single phase i can cope with that.
ps. hydrovane was set as instant off- ie no deceleration- as it definately didnt like that!

[Chaz]

hydrovane is wired into the back of a socket on 32a ring main , hsd is still just ran off a 13 amp plug!
my workshop supply is 60 amp- but that runs lights etc too . the lights will dim briefly when the hydrovane starts up .
but- if it allows me to use big boy stuff from single phase i can cope with that.
ps. hydrovane was set as instant off- ie no deceleration- as it definately didnt like that!

Perfect, thanks. I'm running 32A, could probably go up to 60A if needed.

[Chaz]

hydrovane is wired into the back of a socket on 32a ring main , hsd is still just ran off a 13 amp plug!
my workshop supply is 60 amp- but that runs lights etc too . the lights will dim briefly when the hydrovane starts up .
but- if it allows me to use big boy stuff from single phase i can cope with that.
ps. hydrovane was set as instant off- ie no deceleration- as it definately didnt like that!

Ordered last week, was told it would be sent via DHL but now been sent via EMS. Problem is that the EMS tracking number shows no info yet John (supplier) says not to worry, 6-10 delivery.

Should I be concerned?

Thanks

[battwell]

i think he sent the ones ive had by ems. turned up very quickly- within a week
use 17track to track the parcel

[Chaz]

order a braking resistor too 50 ohm 300 watt ( ecogoo stock them around £30)

So, ordered, lets see how long it all takes. I was told I needed a 1000W 50 Ohm resistor, so went for that. Should provide adequate braking for my spindle.