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Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2024
Connected it to a 12v battery and a 12v-24v motor utilizing it to rewind my 3D filament.Smoked it half way through the 1st reel. Had to rewind the rest of the reel by hand. Bummer.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
Was unable to function for my needs
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
Excellent control of 0-5rpm 12 v motor.
BobbyHead
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023
The media could not be loaded.
Marcus M
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
The media could not be loaded.
Diaphones
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2022
I've purchased a few of these gear motors and will continue to do so, they are decent. I bought 3 of the motor speed controllers also, and one arrived dead and the other 2 went up in smoke after just a few minutes of use. I didn't do a post mortem on the dead controllers, but it seems from the extreme heat that the 7805 regulator is what burned up, or maybe the control chip itself shorted and then the regulator went next. With the damaged controllers, the motor still runs and can reverse, but only at full speed.The biggest thing I don't like about these controllers is that the control chip itself is not a standard, servicable part. The little 8-dip IC is actually an 8-bit microcontroller with custom programming, so if (when) it dies, you can't just swap in another. Competitors' products use an op-amp or 555 instead, which are easily replaced parts. Maybe there is some benefit to this custom chip, but it seems like overkill and it makes the thing end-user non-repairable. Sure, $13 is not a lot of money to replace the whole board, but a $0.70 IC is still a lot cheaper.
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