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Old 01-14-2009, 12:37 PM   #195 (permalink)
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Hey! I think you are right, Intrigued, about the wheel generating electricity when you turn the throttle down. I wonder why it's so hard or impossible to re-capture some of the extra energy that the motor is generating when you are slowing down, and the motor's back EMF is greater than the voltage going in. People say it's really hard or impossible with brushed DC motors, but I don't understand why.
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