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Originally Posted by ClockWork
and for the record its not the ac current that would melt it, its the voltage that would burn things out, but the ac would be the cause of your stripped gears because ac would spin the motor back and forth until the gearbox fell apart,
i do know a lil somethin'
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AC wouldn't spin it back and forth, it switches too quickly. Basically what would happen is, instead of 90% of your P=IV power going to the load of pushing the gears, and 10% to heat, it would all go to heat. So your motor wouldn't even move, or would just buzz, but would basically melt.