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Re: Does RS-550VC motor have a preferred rotation direction?

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Originally Posted by Dad1279 View Post
Ours are marked CCW, and one terminal is marked in red. When + is applied to red terminal, shaft spins CCW as viewed from the the front/output shaft end.
We saw that red dot as well, and decided to wire all our motors + to red. But I still have not heard any kind of statement as to how CCW is determined (shaft end or motor end)

Eric, my experimentation showed the preference was smaller than I could measure. I loaded the motor moderately and checked the current consumption at 13 volts in both directions. They were essentially identical at about 5 A.
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