Leadshine Drives Cheap

[smeg up]

Received the Leadshine AM882 drives this morning and they look good to me. I haven't tested them yet but I will be hopefully be doing this over the next few weeks. No customs charges either :)

I would appreciate the input from any AM882 owners to confirm that these are the real deal.

Thanks

[njhussey]

If they were delivered by someone like FedEx then you'll be getting a letter in the post with the charges on in due course...

Looks identical to the ones I have sitting downstairs, although I've not opened up the case to look at the components...I also bought mine from Aliexpress

[smeg up]

Dammit, thought id got away with the customs charges, hopefully they won't be too much.

[Gotty101]

Like njhussey said, fedex sent my charge a few days later, but at the end of the day its not that much was about £15

[cropwell]

Generally speaking, the Chinese exporters understate the value with respect to the price you paid, so £15 on £150 ain't bad, considering VAT is 20%.

[JAZZCNC]

Why would you think they where fakes.? I've never seen a fake AM882.

Also don't understand Why you would void warrenty opening them up.?

[smeg up]

Why would you think they where fakes.? I've never seen a fake AM882.

Also don't understand Why you would void warrenty opening them up.?

I'm a complete newbie to cnc's and had read about a few clones out there of different boards, drivers etc. So I wanted to make sure by opening one up (and I can't help taking things apart as soon as I get something) and asking the community what they thought. Also just voided the one warranty, the other 2 are still sealed.

[Jonathan]

Since you've got the cover off, can you read the name of the control IC they use? The one labelled U4. It'd be mildly interesting to know...

Generally speaking, the Chinese exporters understate the value with respect to the price you paid, so £15 on £150 ain't bad, considering VAT is 20%.

Plus I bet about £10 of that was Fedex's 'Advancement Fee', or whatever their latest excuse is to charge more.

[GEOFFREY]

Plus I bet about £10 of that was Fedex's 'Advancement Fee', or whatever their latest excuse is to charge more.[/QUOTE]

Probably "Fuel surcharge" now that fuel prices have reduced!!! G.

[smeg up]

Since you've got the cover off, can you read the name of the control IC they use? The one labelled U4. It'd be mildly interesting to know...

Plus I bet about £10 of that was Fedex's 'Advancement Fee', or whatever their latest excuse is to charge more.

Invoice and delivery ticket states total value of £30, so no idea if there are any extra charges, but if it's £15 or so that's fine by me. :)

As for U4, it; as well as a few other ic's have been spray painted black so I couldn't tell you what they are using.