Thread: victor mosfets
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Unread 17-07-2006, 11:08
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Re: victor mosfets

Let's say that we backdrive a motor clockwise. Would the back EMF be the same polarity as that which we would need to apply to the motor leads to make the motor turn clockwise? Or does backdriving it reverse the polarity? I want to cite Lens' Law, but I'm not sure if it completely applies here.

On a side note, I noticed that the MOSFETs are rated for 64A. Where does the Victor's 40A limit come from? It's not the power limit because at 40A, it's only 19.2W and it's rated for 94W.
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