> > I can't test them for long on a loaded motor of the real system (the
> > mechanism would wear out quickly) so I used a bunch of 
> lamps for a few
> > hours, IIRC 2A when at 100%, running at 70% PWM.
> 
> Lamps won't simulate the inductive properties of a motor.

correct, but any heating due to slow FET switching should be the same?

BTW what would you guys use to simulate a loaded motor? The best I can
think of is a motor driving a dynamo with a load, but can that be
transformed to for instance an unloaded motor + a parallel resistor?

Wouter van Ooijen

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