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8.1.3 Max cable length
– actuators with MotorLink
®
The actuator supply cable must have 3 wires: 2 wires current carrying / 1 wire for communication.
When a 5 wire cable is used for MotorLink
®
It is not recommended to use parallel-wire.
ML-comm = MotorLink
®
communication.
When using actuators with MotorLink
®
the max cable length is 50m regardless of the result of the above mentioned formula.
Actuators with MotorLink
®
Do not use the PE wire / green/yellow wire!
cable cross
section [a]
Total
actuator current [I]
3 wire
0.75mm²
3 wire
1.50 mm²
5 wire
1.50 mm²
2 wire
parallel
3 wire
2.50 mm²
5 wire
2.50 mm²
2 wire
parallel
3 wire
4.00 mm²
1A
42m
50m
2A
21m
40m
50m
3A
14m
28m
50m
47m
50m
4A
11m
21m
42m
35m
5A
8m
17m
34m
28m
50m
45m
6A
7m
14m
28m
23m
47m
37m
7A
6m
12m
24m
20m
40m
32m
8A
5m
11m
21m
18m
35m
28m
9A
9m
18m
15m
31m
25m
10A
8m
16m
14m
28m
22m
20A
4m
8m
7m
14m
11m