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Re: Splicing Signal Cables

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Originally Posted by iblis432 View Post
Is it possible to splice signal cables together on servos, and have them draw their power directly from the power distribution board? And more importantly, is this legal?
Servos drawing power from the PDB, in general... well, that's pretty complex in terms of possibility. You'd have to keep all the servo wires inside the PDB's Wago connectors, which they're too small for individually. And, you run right up against [R42-D] requiring only one wire per Wago port, along with [R50-B], which requires servos to run into the PDB.
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