Thread: Advantages of the Jaguars?
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Re: Advantages of the Jaguars?
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
How do we turn off this feature to run the fans constantly? Once hot, a FET wants to be cooled down even if it is not passing current. And I hope this doesn't mean the fans are connected to the output of the H bridge.
Bill beat me to it.

Al, They don't turn off as soon as current is removed. In my experience, as soon as you ask the Jag to do something that fans turn on. Once you stop working the Jags, the fans stay on for a certain period of time (~ 1 minute). I'm not sure if it is time or temp dependent.
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