UPS with Shapeoko

[GCole (Geoff Cole)]

Anyone use a UPS with your Shapeoko setup to provide consisant power and gaurd against brown out interuptions?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Yes, but you need to get one which is electrically compatible — I believe the consideration is “sine wave output”

AC Power - Using a UPS

I’m a computer guy, and I have uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) all over my house. I buy new ones for my computers, and the old ones find homes on TVs, clocks, etc. I’ve owned my Nomad for over 5 years, and without even thinking about it I have always had it plugged into one of the hand-me-down UPS. I am currently in the process of building my Shapeoko, which will be in the garage in it’s own enclosure. I’ve been working on the enclosure and Shapeoko for nearly a month now, and I am fina…

[CrookedWoodTex (Tex (Don't Mess With My Texas!))]

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Communication problems

There are always posts about problems with losing communication with the controller. Usually, the plan of action is to start shielding wires and grounding dust collection. That most likely is the main solution to the problem. However, my experience tells me to solve some larger problems (like static, etc.) by doing one basic thing from the start … regulate power to the system. I’ve done that in most of my career by never installing electronic gear without also installing an Uninterruptible Pow…

[GCole (Geoff Cole)]

Thanks for the great feedback!!