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Originally Posted by orangemoore
I wouldn't trust window motors. This year we used them for our climbing and for the small amount of time they were used we could have cooked eggs on them.
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ive actually had a lot of experience with window motors. being a car mechanic, i know how and why they fail, and have rebuilt several types, including all the ones provided in the kit since 2006. they are only supposed to run for max 30 seconds, and will get hot if under load for any longer. with the fans, we tested the trophy for almost 2 hours, and although the motors were hot, you could hold your hand on them. 2 small heatsinks stuck on with thermal paste should help keeping the motor nice and cool.
i hope that the window motors weren't your only source of climb power, that would be quite an impressive feat.