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Re: powering Banebots RS395

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Originally Posted by rahilm View Post
<R39> All active PD Board branch circuits shall be protected from overload with an appropriate value auto resetting Snap Action circuit breaker (from the KOP or identical equivalent).
B. Each relay module branch circuit must be protected with one and only one 20-amp circuit breaker on the PD Board. No other electrical load can be connected to the breaker supplying this circuit.


This does say that each relay must have a 20A breaker on the PD, but nothing about on the relay itself.
Don't forget <R55>

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Originally Posted by kamocat View Post
It seems that we don't have a variable-speed controller SMALL enough for this motor. I suppose if we could put ATC fuses in the PD board (and I mean FUSES, not auto-resetting breakers), then we could adequately protect it.
Unlike previous years, this year there is a mechanism to use other speed controllers. See <R48> and the blue box underneath it, as added by team update 6.