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N20 gear motors from China...

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Hi, this is a general warning.

I ordered a total of 6 motors from China, 5 of them are working normally.

If you measure the resistance with a good quality meter, 12 Ohm is normal. This one is showing a short circuit.

*do* measure the resistance of every motor before wiring it up :)
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I have a few that measured 30ohm. Or some where around that. Is this because they are rated 3-6v ?
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On a related note re the N20's ..
I have had the simple "bent metal" brushes fail on these.
There appear to be some N20's made with "proper" carbon brushes.
Does anyone have more info about this, sources, etc?

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I found that my cheap home meter behaves somewhat like a random number generator, my guess is that it's putting AC or some switched voltage through.

The good meter (pictured) is in Reading Hackspace and consistently gives 11-12 Ohm for the good motors. It also depends slightly on the shaft position, because not all the windings may have the same resistance.

After I have finished dealing with Banggood about getting a replacement, I will post a tear-down of the failed unit.
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Any further tests on the motors?

I’ve just received 3 that have 4 ohm resistance.... and the 4th one is 12ohm.

They make an absolute racket the 4ohm ones. So loud
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Update:

The 0ohm short-circuit motor, I decided to use as a "mechanical prototype" that I could bash around as much as I wanted, trying to make it fit.

Essentially, I connected it mechanically to my flipper and started bashing it around a bit.

To my extreme surprise, it seems to have "recovered". I tried powering it from a bench supply, and it now runs!

So I guess it was an internal mechanical problem with the brushes which fixed itself with enough abuse. I didn't open the motor.
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Essentially, you abused it til it behaved.

Should we be calling the robot equivalent of Childline? Ha. Mind you, I guess we're all guilty of machine abuse here.
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