# Power Supply....for X-Carve Nema 23 110 oz motors

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097>\
**Category:** X-Carve\
**Created:** [April 15, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097 "2015-04-15T03:41:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nathan](https://community.inventables.com/u/Nathan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/1 "2015-04-15T03:41:05Z")

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Hey guys…plan to use a Dewalt DW660 and not the 300w spindle…will a 5A 24v power supply be enough to run just my motors

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**Author:** ![BartDring](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/bartdring/32/67439_2.png) [@BartDring](https://community.inventables.com/u/BartDring)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/2 "2015-04-15T12:59:49Z")

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What stepper driver are you using? Is the the gShield?

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**Author:** ![Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nathan](https://community.inventables.com/u/Nathan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/3 "2015-04-15T23:42:26Z")

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Hey Bart…I will be using the supplied driver that comes with the xcarve

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**Author:** ![BartDring](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/bartdring/32/67439_2.png) [@BartDring](https://community.inventables.com/u/BartDring)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/4 "2015-04-16T00:37:39Z")

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I think the power supply is sufficient for that setup. We have measured the total current using a test bench power supply on a setup like that and it is well below 5A. That measures average current, so I don’t know what the peaks are. We have some better current measuring tools coming and will get a better answer soon.

A 150W or 240W power supply would be the next step up and give you a little more margin.

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**Author:** ![Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nathan](https://community.inventables.com/u/Nathan)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/5 "2015-04-16T01:04:40Z")

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Thanks Bart, I truly can’t wait for my X-Carve. My friend had the older version and i was so jealous of all the cool stuff he could do with it. I have a lot of wood working skills and made items for him to personalize. Thanks for all the hard work at developing such an awesome product

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**Author:** ![WarrenDownes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/warrendownes/32/67666_2.png) [@WarrenDownes](https://community.inventables.com/u/WarrenDownes)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/6 "2015-04-16T01:34:18Z")

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You will love it when you get it Nathan i have been testing an early release version for Inventables, very easy to use.

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**Author:** ![Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nathan](https://community.inventables.com/u/Nathan)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/power-supply-for-x-carve-nema-23-110-oz-motors/1097/7 "2015-04-16T16:40:31Z")

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I’m pumped. …can’t wait