pic: Our 2011 Mini-bot Tetrix motor grave

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25-05-2013, 08:41

Al Skierkiewicz Al Skierkiewicz is offline

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Re: pic: Our 2011 Mini-bot Tetrix motor grave

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Originally Posted by Wiifi

Huh. The guy who has been repairing them for us has always told me he replaced them with resistors. I'll have to look into that.

The part is an inductor with a current rating of something like 3 amps as I remember. A higher current rating will not fit in the allowed space. Although not legal at the time, two or three inductors could be wired in parallel and make the motor happy while still lying flat inside the case end.

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