Jackpot CNC Control Board official release

[MakerJim]

@staffordj

What gauge wire are you using for the power? I am swapping connectors over from my skr setup and have 14 gauge wire that I put a ferrule on. It does not fit in the connector on the jackpot board. 14 gauge may be overkill, but I think you need at least 16 gauge to support 5 amps.

Ratings for power distribution are much lower than for chassis wiring which is a closer fit for what the wiring on a jackpot installation is.

Take a good look at an ampacity chart like this one:

American Wire Gauge Chart and AWG Electrical Current Load Limits table with...

When I put the Jackpot on my JL1 laser, the factory JL1 12V power supply had tiny wire AWG- 20 or 22.
I replaced it with a better harness and went up to 16AWG and an E1508 ferrule, which I consider massive overkill. That was a tight fit in the Jackpot board, I don’t think you’ll get any bigger than that in a crimp ferrule in that board.

The post where I put that on is here:

@MakerJim

I did replace the harness pigtail for the laser module as I discussed up thread. This one pulls 12V power and return from the power inlet (put both cables into the crimp ferrules). It’s working fine and I’ll leave it until I find a suitable SSR or P channel MOSFET to use for switching the laser with the enable GPIO.