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02-20-2007, 11:14 PM
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FET explaination
There seem to be so many questions about fets that i thought i would explain what they are and what they do. I'll try to make it make sense...let me know if it needs more.
Not copied or pasted, these are my words. Fets, or field effect transistors control the power that is put out to your motor. You can search for pics but they are easy to pick out...they are small black squares with 3 shiny terminal coming off of them soldered to the board, there are 2 of them. They are gated and pretty much controlled by a square wave (-_-_-_-_-_-) when turned on they allow current to flow and when turned off they stop said current. The frequency or amount of time they are on compared to off determines how much current is fed to the motor. The power that goes to the motor is therefore actually pulsed but at such a great speed that it becomes seamless. A stock fet can only handle so much current so stacking doubles the available current (does not however double speed). The same goes for larger or upgraded fets. This is a pretty general and low tech explanation but I feel it should answer most questions about fets and stop the endless questions about them. 
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02-20-2007, 11:18 PM
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that helps out alot tho!
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02-20-2007, 11:19 PM
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Very good explanation! That clears up many things for me!
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02-20-2007, 11:21 PM
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correct me if im wrong but is a fet sort of like a anti resistor (opposite of a resistor) this is just me seeking more intellectual understanding not saying thats what it is just inquiring...
good job on the fet explanation!
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02-20-2007, 11:24 PM
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02-20-2007, 11:27 PM
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good stuff... i was just wondering... i guess i dont get the whole fet concept...
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02-20-2007, 11:30 PM
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02-20-2007, 11:32 PM
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no i understand what they do...just not why they are there...
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02-20-2007, 11:37 PM
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They are there for speed control, without them (using old school technology) the size of an xmod would be impossible. An old 3 step servo controlled speed controller would take up nearly half of an xmod by itself.
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02-20-2007, 11:40 PM
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yeah don't worry about it im one of those people who like to have a complete understanding of things... i like to know things its weird... thanks for helping though...
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02-21-2007, 09:44 PM
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02-21-2007, 10:05 PM
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when i upgraded i reused to stock fets and stacked them on another vehicle with great performance changes.
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02-22-2007, 09:51 PM
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97Supra? Are you on other forums?
FET's have limit current on some board. For example, the Micro-T. No matter how much current you feed the board, the motor still only gets 2.9v... I'll talk to ph2t about more on this, but I recall him saying this about the Xmods and Mini-Z boards as well...
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02-22-2007, 09:57 PM
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02-22-2007, 10:21 PM
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Er. Sorry. It's hard to explain, but the FET's on some cars limit the amount of VOLTAGE the motor recieves, meaning no matter how many batteries you get, it will still run the same, maybe just cooler... Not sure of this on the xmods, but I'll get back to it..
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02-22-2007, 10:25 PM
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07-26-2007, 01:52 PM
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no matter wat any1 tells me about fets i still won't comprehend it i know its for the current flow but i don't understand the point of stackin them and flat4 racin has a point can some1 show a pic of all this
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