Thread: Will a 1/3 horse power sump pump motor burn up at half power?
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Re: Will a 1/3 horse power sump pump motor burn up at half power?
For those that are interested, 1075's powered forklift-cart is built atop the chassis of a power wheelchair, it used 24V motors, but we're running them at 12V on a 2004 IFI system, and all works fine. I suspect we may be shortening the life of the motors by running them on 12V, however, they're designed for long service-lives and our cart doesnt see a whole lot of use outside of on-season FRC competitions. We generally take our hand-cart to the offseasons held in smaller venues.