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            When is "off" off?
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            lugnet.robotics
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            Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:28:18 GMT
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      If I attach a motor to a battery box and twist the motor arbor I get resistance 
EVEN if the battery box is switched off.  This means that the current,generated 
by the motor, is getting through, correct? Is the current just bridging the 
contacts or is it going through to the batteries?  Is there a 'drain' condition 
if motors are left plugged into battery boxes or RCXs?  I know the gurus out 
there can give me an answer.  Thanks. 
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        Message has 2 Replies:        |    | Re: When is "off" off?
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  |  (...) The RCX has the capability to place a resistance accross its output terminals. Removing that resistance provides the free spinning behavior enabled by one of the programmable features. Inserting the resistance gives tighter control of motor (...)   (19 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)   
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  |   "Mitchell Lichtenberg" <mlichtsr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:J0sw36.1JAt@lugnet.com... (...) The battery box shorts the connection in the off position. Bob    (19 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)   
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