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Re: CIM motor testing
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Originally Posted by efoote868
If the goal of testing is to find the 4 best motors for a drive train, would that help the goal? As long as the motors are subject to the same condition (i.e. motor in test starts room temperature, is subject to test exactly 10 times, and then wait X hours before testing with motor again).
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Yes, if you carefully pre-condition the motors to be tested. Checking case temperature is not sufficient to tell you if the internal temperature is stable. I think Aren has some results indicating time to reach stable internal temperature when the motor is being cooled by a fan.
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