On 7/6/06, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
> I have a bunch of nice 7.2V geared DC motors. Could I run these motors
> at let's say 24V if I keep the PWM on-percentage sufficiently low, I
> would guess (7.2/24)^2 = 0.09 at 24V would corespond to 1.0 at 7.2V? Or
> doesn't it work that way with motors?


I don't think. The current pulse at 24V will eat the brushes quite soon.
Not talking about the power you've got at the motor shaft with very
low dutycycle.

Vasile
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