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Old March 10th, 2013, 19:45   #10
MaciekA
 
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Originally Posted by ThunderCactus View Post
You're not going to draw more than 15A with any airsoft gun unless something is going on with your motor.
Not really, this is only really true for Marui-spec guns running weak springs and slow ratio gears, and is somewhat artificially capped by Tamiya connectors.

Drawing 25A to 35A of continuous (non-burst) current is common and not at all abnormal, and not at all indicative of something going on with your motor. I am working with someone to contribute my part towards a wider array of data on this, but evidence/data coming soon.

For now I'll say that 25-35A of continuous is absolutely within spec for a range of motors, battery types, gear ratios and spring strengths, mostly higher spring strengths and mostly higher-torque motors, but totally fine. There has been data gathered by folks over at ASM to indicate that spikes or bursts are a couple times higher than that on some setups.
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