Ethernet Cables

[Roxy]

I was concerned at first that the ethernet wires could carry enough current for the stepper motors and the resistor being used as a heater. On the original setup I used 4 (of the 8) connections for the stepper motor and then used 2 more for the heater and 2 more for the thermistor. On the X-Axis, I used 4 for the motor and 2 for the endstop switch.

Later, I wanted to add the Z-Probe for Auto_Bed_Leveling and that took 3 for the servo and 2 more for the switch. At that point I was stuck and needed to add another RJ-45 jack for the extruder. What I ended up doing was combining a ground, which gave me 4 extra wires with the second jack. I decided to use one entire jack (and cable) for nothing but the motor. I doubled every wire going to the extruder motor. I don't think I needed to do that, but I did it anyway. My X-Axis motor has always had just one ethernet wire per motor wire.