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Old 10-07-2018, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximan1 View Post
IIRC, the gearbox that goes on the window motor is driven by a worm gear, so the window motors literally cannot act as a generator in these cars.
You are forgetting about armature inertia.
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Originally Posted by Maximan1 View Post
For what it's worth, I've never encountered a car where the window motor acted as a generator before.
Granted, window regulator / track friction can be high enough to limit travel so we are not talking about inches of travel.

Why do you feel that 12 V+ is supplied to both terminals of the motor when no movement is requested?
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