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Unread 16-01-2012, 07:30
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Re: MOLEX Power Connecters

Crop,
While the Jones plugs are an alternative, I would like to suggest (strongly recommend) that you rethink your design. We use Power Poles for interconnect but only to make exchanging devices easier. Every additional connector you add is a potential failure point and a drop in the possible current you can feed to a motor. I highly recommend to teams to place speed controllers close enough to the motors they are driving that the supplied motor wiring can be directly connected to the output of the speed controller. Remember that the PWM connection doesn't care how long it is, CIM motor wiring does. Please remember when choosing connectors that they have to withstand the stall current of the motor they are feeding or the load they that are supplying. In the case of the CIM that is 133 amps. I haven't seen a Jones plug capable of that current that I can remember. Of course you can use multiple pins but that brings it's own set of problems.
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