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Old 12-03-2008, 12:35 PM   #27 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
reverse polarity as a braking system. Regen can be employed with it. I'm pretty sure most motors are designed with this capability.
You're talking about "plug braking", which burns up the momentum as heat in the motor. You can do one or the other, but that heat still has to go somewhere. Plug braking is only possible for very short distances (some forklifts use it, and you probably have seen how slowly a forklift decelerates.)
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