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Re: 6 CIM Drivetrains... What's Your Experience?

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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace View Post
One good test to try is measuring the free current of the completed drivetrain (wheels up).
That is probably a good test to determine relative efficiency (e.g when trying to tune the alignment, chain/belt tension, etc of a drivetrain), but how would you tease the absolute efficiency from just that one piece of data?