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Originally Posted by sleebus.jones
Huh? The motor isn't "working" when you brake, it's using the battery as a load and dumping the power there. Your argument doesn't make any sense.
FWIW, I've tested this with my eagletree and I can see amperage and voltage go UP when I brake, which is proof positive of regen braking. Think of it this way, if you didn't use regen braking, where would that energy go? Where's the load to dissipate it? Surely not through the FETs. It's regen.
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my point is that the motor is not having to "work" to slow down the vehicle cuz the mech brakes do this. i am sure energy is still being spent in small amounts of course but the motor is basically freely rolling if you set your esc brakes to 0% and reverse to 0%. it must be working less than it would be when slowing down a 9 lb truggy all by itself, right?