Stepper Motor

The stepper motors used in Anet A8 (as bought in may 2018) are NEMA 17 42SHDC3025-24B. Here is link to the official shop.

The 42SHDC3025-24B motor specs are :


The stepper motors used in earlier Anet A8-B (as bought in May 2016) are NEMA 17 SL42STH40-1684A produced by Guangzhou Shenglong Motor Co., Ltd. Here is the link to official shop, includes motor specs.

The SL42STH40-1684A motor specs are:


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The anet A8 uses Nema17 size stepper motors generic information about these motors can be found here. Unfortunately there it is not clear which manufacturer this stepper came from. Therefore the mechanical and electrical parameters are missing. Based on user experience the following data has been collected.

Current:

currentvoltageDRV8825Result
1.4 A0.75 Vworking for x,y and z axis
1.6 A0.8 Vworking for extruder
2 A1.0 Vworking but motor got so hot that acrylic support deformed