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[BlazingPenguin]

I have acquired two large wheelchair motors with a view to using them to propel a large scale tank, I cant get them to do anything when connected to a battery?

There are four wires coming from it, there are two obvious power cables in red/black and another two thinner ones in red, the wheel chair manual mentions a solenoid brake and Im guessing thats what the other two are for.

Anyone any ideas on how to connect these motors to a battery for normal foward and reverse operation?

[catengineman]

If and only IF they are similar to the winch drive motors I have worked on with electro brake then 

You need to supply a reduced current to the brake solenoid then the power to the motor in which ever direction you need.

The hoist winch worked on 2 volt brake  then 12 volt drive current the brake can be removed or adjusted to the OFF or free running state via a shaft nut

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