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Originally Posted by Chris is me
For comparison, the COTS ball shifter has a spread of 2.65:1, though it can be customized to 2.16:1 or 3.68:1. A prevailing school of thought is to have one gear for general use with a high top speed, and a low gear that is much slower designed for pushing indefinitely without tripping circuit breakers. This gearbox's tight spread would either have a limited top speed or a low gear too fast to accomplish indefinite pushing. If your design objectives are different, that's fine; I was just curious what your intent here was.
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Well to be honest this gearbox was simply a design exercise. I have heard the rule of thumb about gearing low enough to push for 2 minutes without tripping a breaker. But isn't that usually against the rules?
I'm not sure why you would want to gear that low.