[ausev] DC or AC motors - which make the best generators?

[Gil Dawson]

At 10:01 A -0500 6/3/08, m. edmund howse wrote:
>Actually, every brushed DC motor has regen capabilities. Essentially 
>all that is needed is a relay
>to switch the input to the motor off and then the output of the 
>motor which is now a generator to the charging ckt.

Well, yes, that's true.  I suppose the charging ckt would include 
stepping the DC generator's output voltage up to the battery pack's 
proper charging voltage.

Coordinating all this I assumed would be the function of the motor 
controller, but I can see how you could visualize regen as a separate 
assembly.

--Gil