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Re: Is a dimmer switch on the mini bot legal?

SuperBK nailed it on the head. Dimmers are designed for AC, and they generally use an inductor and a neat little circuit board to handle their operation (they'd get awfully hot if they acted as a simple resistor).

The ones I've played with don't work with 12V DC at all.
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