My brain diagnostic is reading 0.1-1.1 Watts for one of my drive motors (picture listed below that shows 1.1W kinda blurry sorry)
is this normal
The short answer is yes. The long answer is as long as you can’t find any serious friction problems, you aren’t experiencing burnout, and assuming you chose a suitable gear ratio you aren’t have acceleration problems due to high motor load than then is fine. It really matters more what the wattage is when driving but that is more of a construction issue. What are you other motors looking like? If they are all like 1 watt or less without a load you should be good.
My other motors do read that, the only reason I’m asking is because my motors burn out really quickly, like after 2-3 minutes of driving. Friction shouldn’t be the issue so I’m not sure why my drive slows down dramatically after a short period
Okay, what gear ratio are you running? And wheel size. Motor count on drive. How much does your robot weigh? Did you build with steel at all?
could I get a picture of your drivetrain to see if there’s anything there? It could be, and it is probably something in the build.
We’re running 6 motor 3:4 450rpm on 2.75 in wheels. Idk how much the robot weighs but we did use some steel as crossbraces on the drive simply because we don’t have enough aluminum. I can’t link an image now but probably can later
Yeah with that ratio motors and wheel size you should be getting like 15 minutes out of it. Must be friction or something else with the build. Are all your c-channels aligned/drive squared? What about alignment of flat bearings?
We figured it out there was a completely burnt out motor that was previously problematic on the left side of our drivebase so we were basically running 5 motor drive. I think everything should be okay now thanks for all the help
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