Idle Status - E-stop only or full power down

MR-1
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Hello all,

I was curious what people are doing and what is recommended for the MR-1 when idle? Is pushing the E-stop enough or should the spindle and 110 power switches be powered off?

Thanks,

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I have separate breakers to everything and when I’m not using it I turn off all but the PC/monitor breaker.

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The e-stop doesn’t disable the stepper drives, so I would recommend fully powering off to save power.

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I use a relay system that turns off the enire machine with a emergency switch.

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I knew something stayed on but didn’t know if it was fans or the motor drives. That makes me think the E-stop should kill everything or at the least have the power switches located on the cabinet front.

I think I’ll implement something like you have shown @Bigdaddy2166

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Its just a three pole 40 amp contactor.
Two legs run the spindle and the remaining leg is a separate 120v to run the control box. The computer stays on.
You can get 240v or 120v coil on it and wire it accordingly.

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