pic: Our 2011 Mini-bot Tetrix motor grave

[Karthik]

//Edit: Can't seem to be able to delete my post, only edit it...

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Nemo

I was told that they work fine as long as you use them for what they're designed for. Of course I disagree.

As long as what they were designed for is to make a boat load of money by selling a cheap motor for $30 and letting it cook off if you stall it at all.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

As long as what they were designed for is to make a boat load of money by selling a cheap motor for $30 and letting it cook off if you stall it at all.

Straight talk is refreshing. I could not have stated this better.

Life lesson: you do not always get what you pay for -- sometimes you get less than that.

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

As long as what they were designed for is to make a boat load of money by selling a cheap motor for $30 and letting it cook off if you stall it at all.

I can't find the original (it's somewhere here on CD), but I had to repost:

[cgmv123]

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.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=89848

[Al Skierkiewicz]

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.