Thread: Victor qeustion
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Unread 23-04-2004, 06:49
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Re: Victor qeustion

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Originally Posted by Andy A.
As a side

It was mentioned previously that the current generated in the victors from the motors being backdriven would also 'leak' through the pwm wires and back to the controler.

I was under the impression that the Victors (and Spikes) had an optical isolation between the controller and its power circutry, such that there is no posiblty of a victor melting down and somehow sending 12v+ back through the pwm wire and toasting the RC by some freak accident.

Or perhaps I'm thinking of some other RC system?

-Andy A.
Andy,
It has been a while since I opened a Victor but I have recently opened a spike and those indeed are optically coupled. I would expect no less for the victors.
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