Hey everybody!
So, as the title suggests, I am extremely new to using PLCs but not new to tinkering with electronics. I am playing around with starting a project using PLC and I know it can be done, but the one thing that I am just not getting is the wiring.
I will be using a 24v dc system that is fed with 6ga wire over a train of 3-4 'vehicles'. Each vehicle will have 2 sets of up/down buttons and 2 actuators for lifting. The circuit within each vehicle that controls the actuators is roughly 25 ft and is currently using 10ga wire. I would like to have an onboard PLC in each vehicle in order to automate the actuators via sensors.
My question is: how do I control a system like this which could push upwards of 60A with a PLC? Like I said, I am super new to this type of thing and every PLC I've ever seen has had like 16ga max hooked up to them.
Please bear with me and my stupid questions!! I just want to learn how to hook this thing up right.
So, as the title suggests, I am extremely new to using PLCs but not new to tinkering with electronics. I am playing around with starting a project using PLC and I know it can be done, but the one thing that I am just not getting is the wiring.
I will be using a 24v dc system that is fed with 6ga wire over a train of 3-4 'vehicles'. Each vehicle will have 2 sets of up/down buttons and 2 actuators for lifting. The circuit within each vehicle that controls the actuators is roughly 25 ft and is currently using 10ga wire. I would like to have an onboard PLC in each vehicle in order to automate the actuators via sensors.
My question is: how do I control a system like this which could push upwards of 60A with a PLC? Like I said, I am super new to this type of thing and every PLC I've ever seen has had like 16ga max hooked up to them.
Please bear with me and my stupid questions!! I just want to learn how to hook this thing up right.