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Re: Motors Per Motor Control

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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod View Post
Usually one motor per motor controller, especially for the larger motors.

See R52 for exceptions on the smaller motors (less than 100w max power).
Where did you get this 100W limit? I don't see that in the manual. Note that (as Al said), Table 4-4 has an explicit list of what motors can share one controller. Not all motors under 100W (or even 50W) can share a controller. The biggest one, the BaneBots MS-RS775-12, is 83W, so the total would be 166W if you want to put two of those on a controller.

Personally, I would only put two matched motors on one controller, and preferably when they're driving one load (e.g. one shaft). So, two window motors might make sense on one controller.
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Last edited by Cal578 : 21-01-2013 at 10:07. Reason: fixed a typo