Redline Spindle spinning up late (solved, must plug direct into wall power!)

Hey guys, I just wanted to post a note to you “Newbie” guys like me to the 1F Elite Foreman. This issue I had was (totally my fault) but it could save you some time. I am a former CNC4Newbie Hobbyist CNC user for about 3 years and using Easle as my software, so my experience is limited to the Dewalt and Makita routers. When I received my 1F Elite I thought I was far enough along in my CNC Journey to assemble withhout much regards to “all of the directions”, I hope I am not the only one but I could be ha. The issue I had for a solid month was I would start my carve, with all the bits in inventory correctly. the Spindle would move to correct position and then drive the bit into the wood and start moving like it should, Except the Spindle would not spin up until about 5 seconds into the carve. So couple bits I lost immediatly. Onefinity and Redline support are TOP Notch, and I mean the best. And I think I taught them all something haha. The big mistake I made was pluging in the VFD into the ( Router ) port on the back of the Power Controller, definitly not maked for a Spindle. It worked somewhat but delayed, and believe it or not i made a few carves work but it was a Hassle. So if anyone is fighting this issue, make sure to follow the directions in the manual that say plug into the wall with a 15amp breaker. I also think Onefinity and Redline were stumped because they assumed I had plugged it up correctly and was working from that concept forward, Sorry guys. anyhow. Don’t do what I did, now I am Ecstatic to own this machine again. :slight_smile:

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