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Re: Wheelchair modifications

It's likely that one or more MOSFTE transistors in your speed controller have blown. It should be possible to measure them with a meter to determine which have burned out and replace them.

As for not powering the wheel when they are stopped, I agree with TubaMorg. This is done for saftey. You would need to hack the controller software to disable this restriction. It should be possible, especially if the speed controller processor has a flash memory, but would require some programming expertise.
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