Hard wired estop
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:24 pm
I am sure to get blasted here, but I want to know.
I have my Bridgeport running well with Acorn and Gecko G320X drives.
I wired my estop switch to cut all power when hit. I know that is not what was intended, but in an emergency I wanted no doubt at to what was going to have power. I do not use a spindle brake and the quill will not fall with a power off. The computer will not like this I know, but a small price to pay in an emergency situation.
My question is, what problems may I have created by wiring this way?
It would be easy to add an estop switch to work as intended and just leave the present switch as a power on / off. If there is a serious reason to do so, I would be more eager to rewire my control panel. It sure is hard to tear apart something that is running so well.
I did read the schematics before I wired it and I am still willing to be educated on the proper use of an estop. It may be my 50 plus years of running machines that Emergency Stop had the same result as using a disconnect?
Thanks
Charles Hopkins
I have my Bridgeport running well with Acorn and Gecko G320X drives.
I wired my estop switch to cut all power when hit. I know that is not what was intended, but in an emergency I wanted no doubt at to what was going to have power. I do not use a spindle brake and the quill will not fall with a power off. The computer will not like this I know, but a small price to pay in an emergency situation.
My question is, what problems may I have created by wiring this way?
It would be easy to add an estop switch to work as intended and just leave the present switch as a power on / off. If there is a serious reason to do so, I would be more eager to rewire my control panel. It sure is hard to tear apart something that is running so well.
I did read the schematics before I wired it and I am still willing to be educated on the proper use of an estop. It may be my 50 plus years of running machines that Emergency Stop had the same result as using a disconnect?
Thanks
Charles Hopkins