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Old 09-28-2010, 02:26 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I misunderstood you, I thought it was your rotor with the electromagnets. Brushless motors can be either DC or AC, but the current waveform from your windings will always be AC. I think you are better off efficiency-wise to keep the AC if your charger input will tolerate it.
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