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Re: Victor qeustion

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Originally Posted by sburro
If I decide to have two motors in a drive train, but only apply current to one, will this ruin the Victor? I do not know if applying reverse current through a victor will damage it.
No, it won't damage the Victor. It will however back feed a voltage to your battery. That shouldn't cause any problems either.

EDIT: It should actually back feed a voltage to your Robot controller through the PWM connection. I think you should be okay though, as long as it's a low voltage.
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