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Re: Does motor temp affect performance?

Heatsinks work best with forced airflow. But they also work without fan-forced airflow. The large surface area creates convection airflow. When the robot is moving, the resulting airflow also helps.

Has anyone here ever done a comparative evaluation of fan-only vs heatsink-only vs heatsink-plus-fan on a CIM motor? Would be nice to see the data.


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