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Old 07-28-2010, 11:59 AM   #3592 (permalink)
adamj12b
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Originally Posted by apowers View Post
What if you blipped the accelerater to a certain duty cycle and let off the pedal. This would open the contacter and no voltage to power section.
But what if the controller did not return to 0 duty , for whatever reason,
and then you pressed the pedal closing contacter sending all the pack voltage into the modulating mosfets. Would that be too much of a surge?
I dont think so. The caps would suck it up so fast that it would hardly reach the fets. The fets dont care about voltage either. as long as its within their range, and thats all they would be seeing unless there is a short.

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