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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Fisher-Price Motor Information

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Originally Posted by ahecht
Does the advice aboout programming the motor for only 6V seem like a bad idea to anyone else? I would think that the motor would be much more likely to stall at a lower voltage.
Yes, the motor would stall at half the stall torque. However, when it stalled it would draw half the stall current as at 12v and most importantly, 1/4 the power.
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