My solutions is to wire up that "EM" switch to the other 5 buttons and push it once to turn it on and push it again to shut every thing down. Done.
Herb
Herb
Thanks, Dave. The Nema L1430 isn't a 3 phase plug and won't plug into a 3 phase receptacle so I don't really have that worry there. After 13 years in the Navy as an electrician, I saw my fair share of 3 phase power.No, you don't always want them all on or off at the same time, Herb. I think it would be pretty good, Gary, and save you some steps. My preference, and the way I wired ours, is to have a separate 120V supply and cable. Now in some cases that might cause some grounding issues but both of mine are grounded in the same breaker panel on the same grounding bar.
You can certainly do it the way you're proposing but just make sure if you ever sell the machine that nobody thinks that's a 3 phase plug and wipes out everything the first time they plug it in.
David
Ditto on not running the DC automatically with the spindle. When I video I rarely use the dust shoe and DC. Also, when I use small bits I don't use the DC, many times I don't use it when I engrave or V-carve.Gary I think I would wire it where the water pump and LED lighting comes on at power-up. I would also have the dust collector come on when the spindle on button is used along with a delay for the dust collector to get up to speed then it triggers the spindle on. I'd wait on the Spare button to add the relay later because you don't know what kind of load you will need for the new component, You can go ahead and add the button but wait on the relay.
Actually, You don't want the dust collector on just because the spindle is on so I would just add the relay without the switch for the dust collector and program the on signal into the post-processor file along with a delay so it gets up to speed.
Or maybe an interlock so you can't turn the spindle on unless the water is on? That might be hard to do since the spindle is 220VAC and the water is 110VAC. You would have to do an interlock relay.I'd wire the water pump so it comes on/off when you power up the system, so you can't ever forget.
That's funny because I was thinking about adding a 6-speed gear shift to the dashboard as a joke so the NOS button would really have made that work well.:grin:Then after things pan out, add a lil ooomf!