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Re: Technicopedia
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Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:28:13 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
   Hi Blakbird,

Little note about 4.5V motor: when you say “The motor is DC, so polarity is not important.”... precisely since it is a DC motor, polarity IS important, rotation direction depends on it...

Philo

Good point, Philo. I did not choose very good wording here. What I meant was that, as a DC motor, there is no “hot” terminal and no “neutral” terminal. Therefore, you cannot hook it up wrong and damage it. I’ll go back and see if I can clean up the wording a bit.

Eric

blakbird



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  Re: Technicopedia
 
Hi Blakbird, Little note about 4.5V motor: when you say "The motor is DC, so polarity is not important."... precisely since it is a DC motor, polarity IS important, rotation direction depends on it... Philo (16 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

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