Hello,
This is my first post to this forum. Please excuse my stupid questions as I am new to working with motors, power, electronics and Arduino.
I need to write up a general purpose description of the project I am doing, but for now, I am posing a few, more general, motor related questions to start. There are many unknowns about my project and perhaps this will help my direction.
I have acquired an older PowerWheels motor and gearbox from a Kawasaki trike. I also have the momentary switch which is wired to the motor. It did not come with a battery, though I believe it used only a 6v however, I do have the charger. I have no idea how many amps this motor will require and no way to test it.
BTW, I have searched through the modified PowerWheels forum and have not been able to find answers to any of my questions. I did not post there only because they appear to be specific for maintaining the use of the toy car and I would be using the motor for a completely different application.
Basically, I am trying to determine if I must buy a big 6v battery - is this the only way to power this motor?
Is it possible to power it using an Arduino Uno R3 with an L293D Motor Drive Shield and 6xAA battery pack?
Does anyone have any idea what the RPM of these motors are with and/or without the gear box?
I don't know if this helps at all, but the charger says it is Type H Class 2, 120VAC 60Hz 12W, 6.0VDC 800mA
The switch wired to the motor is rated at 16A/12V - I think that means it can provide up to 16 amps powered by a maximum of 12 volts.
Hopefully I have provided enough info here, so please let me know if not and thank you all for taking the time to read through this post.