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Re: Inductive kick is a cruel master...

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Originally Posted by BrianBSL
There are no FET's in the spike's, its a couple solenoids that trigger between GND and +12 to the M- and M+ terminals.
The spikes are H-bridge based and have at least four power FETs inside.

Edit: Okay, Al Skierkiewicz just PM'd me and said, very politely, that I didn't know what I was talking about because the spike he pulled apart had relays in it. Sorry for further spreading bad information. I'm going back to my nice padded virtual corner of the programming forum and take a nap <grin>.

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