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Re: Fisher Price Overheating Troubles

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
If you increase your gear-down ratio from 1.8:1 to 4:1 as I suggested, your motor will spin faster and your wheel will spin slower. You can then increase the voltage up from 8 volts to bring the wheel speed back up to where you want it. Your motor will now be spinning much faster than it was before, and with less torque load, and it will be much happier.


On behalf of DampRobot's team (Team 100), thank you for that suggestion. we tried that and it ended up working great. The motors are much happier now, and our shooter is going at least as far as it was before.
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