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OTHER than "cooling breakers", what do you do?
Let's set the "cooling the breaker" thing aside for a bit...
What ELSE to you do DESIGN wise to keep from overloading the electrical system?
Examples:
1) Do you have a AHL legal slip/breakaway clutch design? Please describe it!
2) Ever done anything funny in drivetrain or software design to avoid stall currents, especially when expecting Tug of War situations? (Ex's: Enable/disable [PWM-like] algorithims to "jerk" your machine? Deliberately adding backlash or an elastic element in the drivetrain so the motor gets a "running start" when reversing?)
3) Four wheel drive users WITHOUT wheel turning: How are you making "holonomic wheels"? (A tire that slips sideways easily to keep turn scrubbing forces from blowing the breakers, while maintaining good forward/backward traction.)
Please, let's hear some DESIGN methods to avoid breaker tripping, in addition to "cooling tricks"...
Thanks!
- Keith
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Keith McClary - Organizer/Mentor/Sponsor - Ann Arbor MI area FIRST teams
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