At 09:13 PM 5/13/05 -0400, David Roden wrote:
On 12 May 2005 at 22:30, Anthony Bailey wrote: > Could > this actualy be a DC motor and the square box is a diode rectifier setup? Very possible. My Black & Decker MM-450 corded push mower uses a brushed PM motor and a bridge rectifier. I think one reason is that it allows them to short the armature when it's shut off - the resultant plug braking means that it stops RIGHT NOW.
Minor nit, that wouldn't be plugging. You actually drive the motor in reverse to plug. I might hesitate to call it regenerative braking since you don't actually regenerate into any storage. Maybe generative braking?
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