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Unread 02-02-2012, 09:12
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Re: Motors without Jaguars?

Cheeset,
It is hard to discern from your post, are you expecting delivery of some breakers in the future? If not, I would recommend you order some so you have spares and/or the ability to add things at competition if you come up with further ideas. While you wait, the spacing for the breakers also matches normal automotive fuses. I would recommend you use fuses only in circuits where the motor stall currents are less than the rating on the fuse. A 40 amp fuse on a CIM would blow often due to the CIM currents. Fuses can be purchased relatively inexpensively at your local auto parts store or online. Only CIM motors and Fisher Price motors are required to be driven by speed controllers. So an alternative is to run a motor through a Spike using a 20 amp breaker. The code is a little different for this and you will not have any speed control but it does give you the ability to connect a motor that runs continuously for ball pick up or a shooter. If you are desperate, there may be another team close by that would be willing to lend or sell some breakers for you to use.
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