Voltage recommendations for stepper drivers on G2 kit?

[aaronherrick]

Hi,
I had a bit of trouble with my extruder jamming. I was able to solve this by adjusting the driver voltage pot unit it would extrude 50 mm abs @230 C without jamming. The voltage on that pot now shows 1.635V. Unfortunately I didn't check to see what kind of stepper driver I have here before I put the heatsinks on, 4988? 8825?

The extruder motor does not get hot.

I did notice the other drivers are set to 0.8V or so. I sometimes have trouble with one or more of the motors stalling during big prints. should I increase the voltage?

[zhangxueyou]

Usually, the voltage between screw on driver and GND is around 1V or 0.9V. That's enough.
You should be happy that the extruder motor is not hot.
This is A4988

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This is DRV8825

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You can see one of their differences is in the positon of screw.

[aaronherrick]

Thank you. I understand to adjust and check for overheating. I have them A4988 set to 1.0 V now, and the motors are not hot even after a 2 hour print.