| | Re: 9v Gear Motors dave madden
| | | =>From: "Jerry Kalpin" <jdkalpin@sympatico.ca> =>... =>if there are three states: on, off and float, there must =>be more than 2 terminals in use. No, with two terminals (A & B), you can get: * A positive with respect to B => motor runs in one (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | Re: 9v Gear Motors Jerry Kalpin
| | | | | Dave, A shorted to B (disconnected from the battery) might work if the motor acts like a generator when you turn it. But you try it. Even the smallest change in angle is resisted and with no spring-back. Un-motor-like. Jerry (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: 9v Gear Motors dave madden
| | | | | =>From: "Jerry Kalpin" <jdkalpin@sympatico.ca> =>... =>Dave, A shorted to B (disconnected from the battery) might work if the motor =>acts like a generator when you turn it. The motor *does* act like a generator when you turn it! Every once in a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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