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Re: Battery Charging Station

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Originally Posted by yash101 View Post
They are geared down quite a bit, so four of these window motors are quite some power! I can imagine a team using window motors for their drivetrain!
No, they really aren't. Each window motor has 23W of power - 4 of them would be 92W. In comparison, a single CIM motor has 337W of power. Correctly geared, a CIM motor is both faster (speed) and stronger (torque) than a window motor.

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