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Old 09-28-2012, 03:42 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
I understand the equation and know that the energy out of the pack must equal energy into the motor (minus heat losses). I guess I was hoping for a more indepth reason and explination of what is actually happening when a motor is seeing higher amps than the battery pack draw.
It is an issue of averages. The motor current can't ever be more than the battery current, it is just the motor inductance averages the current.
So if the motor current is 100amps, the battery current is 100amps, but only half the time, which AVERAGES to 50amps.
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