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Originally Posted by klinnastruth View Post
Our team was looking at using one of these motors for our arm, however there is no 18V on the Power distribution board. Is there any way to power it with 18V or would it cause any problems to run it though the 12V?
There's been a lot of discussion on this on C/D. Go into the competition manual data for the motor curve. The motor will run fine on 12 vdc, but not produce as much power if run on 18 vdc, which is not available on the competition robot power supply.
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