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Wrong Motor | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Wrong Motor (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by adaml on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 12:36:15 PM MST
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Thank you Tom, was beginning to get a bit discouraged must admit, will persevere though! I did test the motor by connecting to my drill and it produced plenty of voltage, up to about 80 but this was obviously spinning very fast!! The motor itself is dc with four leads from it. As far as I can determine there is only one positive and one negative output, I can not fathom what the other two leads are for.
Again thank you.

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Re: Wrong Motor (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by TomW on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 01:25:23 PM MST
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adam;

I can not fathom what the other two leads are for

It could be some form of feedback. maybe a hall sensor or ?? Slap an ohmmeter on it see if it gets a reaction when spun?

Lots of motors use feedback schemes for positioning, limits, etc.

Good luck with it.

Tom

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain
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