I am building a small toy boat from basically nothing and was wondering if the 9.6 volt battery pack would damage the 3 volt DC motor used to propel it. The motor doesn’t seem to get hot or sound bad when it’s running. Will it hurt the motor at all, even if not running for very long periods of time? Thanks in advance to everyone helping!
it will damage the motor.
you can get 3 volts from 9. 6 though. You can build a voltage divider circuit with just a couple bucks worth of wire, resistors and a soldering iron. it’s not too difficult, but kinda hard to explain; here’s a pretty good write-up on it:
http://www. play-hookey. com/dc_theory/voltage_divider. html
a typical 1. 5 volt battery puts out around 1. 7 -1. 8 volts when brand new, so 3. 6 volts would be about right.
enjoy!