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Re: articulating arm help

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Originally Posted by HarveyAce View Post
OH! thats what that meant. my bad... that opens up my options again! thanks! at about how long of straight running will the window motors thermal lock kick in?
It depends on how they're loaded. The more current they're drawing, the warmer they'll get and the faster they'll trip their internal thermal breaker.

I would recommend against using ONLY window motors to drive your arm. Once geared appropriately to move an arm, you'll find that they're quite slow.
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