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Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan
Just an FYI, the worm gear is pretty efficient (as far a worm gears go), so its actually easy to back drive it.
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We thought about a worm gear but with our experience with it last year, it overheated very easily and would stop working. With this motor, we tested 70lbs in " windshield wiper mode" for 3 minutes continuously and the motor was stone cold.
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