It is just about fast enough running 12v. It puts out about 60 rpmās at 12v, with a John Deere finger pick up planter, if I drove it at a 1:1 drive ratio with the meter drive shaft, that would be enough for 31,764 seeds per acre at 4.5 mph on 30" rows. I could also slightly over drive the meter shaft. Usually I am under 4 mph trying to get a perfect row unit ride.
I planned on 24v because the seller of the motor claimed it was a 400 watt motor. With a 24v power supply I could run up to 480W with the larger 20 amp Cytron motor driver I used. I found a place selling the same motor refurbished, and they claimed 200W, so I may have been fine with a 12v supply. (Also it is possible both answers are correct, 200W operating and 400W in a stall)
I believe Cytron also makes a 30 amp motor driver, so if a person wanted to keep everything 12v you could in theory run 360 watts of power, but you would need some fairly heavy wire for that much current over a long distance.
The motor likely wonāt draw anywhere near the rated current, as I donāt think it will take that much to turn your metering units.
If I recall from reading the data sheet, the cytron will also limit the current draw, which is a good way to make sure an over powered motor doesnāt damage a metering unit if itās jammed.
In my seed drill my motors have a rated current of 26 amps at 12 volts. I use a 20 amp cytron and Iāve never seen them draw much over 5 amps when metering fert at 10km/hr
Ok, I get my rc15 make box for it, flash .ino⦠just waiting my ethernet switch to get and i will try it. I need it mostly for spraying with 7 section arag 2way valve. But have question, i think find wire from orginal terminal wire to pcb on sprayer and make T- conection to it then use or rate app or orginal terminal. Few pics to see what i mean
On this picture you can see wiring goes from in cab terminal to pcb on sprayer(label as āSECTIONā) Its have 7 wire for 7 section and 1 wire for main valve. Can i solder ampseal for rc15 on this wire in cab from OEM connector and left it hang when use rc15, or i must make conection to wire which goes from this pcb to valve itself.
Hi,
I use RC on an air seeder with success. RC controls the seed flow. I would like to display the fan speed, I donāt need to control its speed because it already is.
Can RC Nano handle 2 sensor ? I already tried but failed.
It can. If you are using the ethernet shield pin 2 of the shield prevents interrupt signals on pin 2 of the nano. Put stacking headers on the nano and mount on the pcb. Remove pin 2 of the ethernet shield and mount on the nano.
It is green⦠I dont know how i get it but its working. Now other problem. The rate control is only adjusting in one way only positive pwm when rate is above the target rate and also when rate is below the target. When i adjust bij hand (up and down arow) than positive and negative pwm. What can be wrong ?
There was set a fixed rate values. That was the problem. Now its working. But the ethernet connection is not verry reliable. What is the meaning of mod color bleu ? Red is no connection but bleu is something in between no and a good connection ?
Hi,
On a seed drill assembly, motor.
I have a problem: the encoder count on my motor isnāt accurate. Itās running very slowly and giving me a rather random rpm of 1700-3000⦠Iām looking for the problem; Iāve already changed my encoder wheel three times. Is the pulse time important? Should the high and low pulses be equal?