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Re: Is there an alternative to the PDB?

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Originally Posted by tgross35 View Post
Thanks everyone for the quick responses, you solved my problem.



Just to answer the question, I would prefer having them just since the motors will be drawing a lot of current. We could probably make do without, but I like having the option.

Thanks again everyone!
It is nice having the option of 40A breakers, but we built an 300lb autonomous Roomba-like robot this year for a lake in our area (cue water game comments), and even when we were running 48" paddlewheels and 75lb conveyor belts off of CIMs, we never blew a 30A breaker, even in full sunlight. This was a huge worry for us, but we just used an old FRC PDB (I'm forgetting which one), and we never looked back.

Just my 2 cents.
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