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Old 04-15-2012 | 12:33 AM
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Default servo dynamo effect/reverse voltage

Ran across a thread on another forum discussing servo dynamo effect, and the OP in that thread seems to think that a quick movement of an control surface created a reverse voltage spike...hence taking out his ECU. I see Emcotec makes a device to combat this phenomenon in the form of the DPSI OCP http://shop.rc-electronic.com/downlo...yer_OCP_EN.pdf

Curious about this, so I had a go at a little testing using an Hitec 5955 servo. Quick/rapid movements of the servo arm produced voltage readings approaching 1.9v or 1.18 amps . Wondering if this backfeed would take out an ECU or receiver.
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