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Originally Posted by Terry C
Thanks for the quick answers. The reason I asked is that
my cnc mills have a large resistor to get rid of the energy
that the spindle makes while slowing down so I didn't know
about the energy from the s/g when it was not hooked up to something
Obviously I am not an electrical engineer. Thanks again
Terry
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I assume you might be a CNC machinist of some sort. That large resistor is to help the motor controller "brake" to quickly stop the spindle. Some machines have it some do not.