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Re: Window Motor will not lift ball anymore. It did, but it wont any more.
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Originally Posted by luckof13
The window motor has an internal thermal breaker in it which opens to prevent the motor from burning out. It appears that you have the motor attached directly to the pivot of the arm. This will place a large load on the motor. When the ball is added, the motor stalls, and the internal breaker trips.
Try using a different motor, and using a gear/chain/belt reduction before the arm.
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And the internal thermal breaker gets weaker over time it seems, at least in my/my team's experience with them. If they trip a few times you best be replacing that motor soon.
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
You definitely can't get away with directly driving an arm with a window motor. You need a reduction of some kind.
If you can make pneumatics work for you, I would suggest that simply because it's much easier to accomplish and simpler than a motor driven arm system.
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I agree, penumatics are a great way to do simple 2-position mechanism actuation.
The window motor's max output is 23W, with is quite a bummer considering there are only a few motors weaker than it, and most motors are a LOT more powerful: http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...nformation.pdf
Like others have mentioned, it would be a really good idea to use a better/bigger motor.
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