Thread: Disabling PWM outputs w/out disabling entire bot.
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Re: Disabling PWM outputs w/out disabling entire bot.
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Originally Posted by 1075guy View Post
Seems to me the easier solution is to just fix your compressor such that its relay is switched on by the pressure switch, and take the RC completely out of the compressor equation.
P.S. I didn't read closely enough. You clearly said switch the relay.

Don't wire the pressure sensor directly in-line with the Spike. The pressure switch (5 amps) isn't rated for the current draw of the new or old compressor (10 amps), or the peak at startup of 25 amps.
That 25 amp startup is also why FIRST recommends that the 20a fuse in the Spike be replaced with a self-resetting 20a breaker.
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