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Re: Multiple Motors

Okay, new question.

If I have a 1000 rpm motor gear down 1:2, and a 500 rpm motor running in tandem, and the system is put under load, won't situations occur in which one motor is driving the other? Wouldn't this mean that a two motor system set up this way can acutally decrease speed and/or torque?

Even worse, if one motor is, in effect, "spinning" the other, won't this cause backcurrent to damage the victor?
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