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    When is "off" off? —Mitchell Lichtenberg
   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 (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: When is "off" off? —Ted Michon
     (...) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: When is "off" off? —Robert G Fay
    "Mitchell Lichtenberg" <mlichtsr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:J0sw36.1JAt@lugnet.com... (...) The battery box shorts the connection in the off position. Bob (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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