pic: burnt up TETRIX motor

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26-04-2011, 08:48

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Re: pic: burnt up TETRIX motor

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Originally Posted by colin340

my electrical people said a fuse would take to long to blow as the resistor or inductor was gone in under 2 sec

15- and 10-amp fuses saved our motors more often than 20's did. Once we had a design that worked, we switched back to 20-amp fuses because we had more of them, but the lower amperage was helpful.

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