i am running 2 x12volt dc motors @ 600ma each ( but not at the same time)the battery i am using is a 12 volt 7 ah with a 240 volt dpdt switch for an on/off switch. as i am using the 2 motors the switch is getting very hot so i was thinking do i put in a resistor somewhere if so where and at what value
thanks for any call back
i am running 2 x12volt dc motors @ 600ma each ( but not at the same time)the battery i am using is a 12 volt 7 ah with a 240 volt dpdt switch for an on/off switch. as i am using the 2 motors the switch is getting very hot so i was thinking do i put in a resistor somewhere if so where and at what value
thanks for any call back
You may want to consider something like using a switch with higher power rating or get one with several contacts that you can parallel to reduce the stress on each single contact. This is more efficient than burning watts in a resistor to relieve a switch contact.