
13-08-2014, 14:26
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on walkabout
 FRC #2175 (The Fighting Calculators)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: 대한민국
Posts: 735
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Re: Pneumatic Restrictions & Improvments
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
For me personally, that's a non-issue... all the events in Minnesota do not meet the power requirements for a shop compressor in the pits, and we ask teams to remove it based on that alone.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
Brandon - In general we don't like shop compressors in the pits at all, for a couple of reasons. First, the high-current they require at start up can often overwhelm the pit power supply. Doing so can trip breakers and shut down power to a group of pits, not just your own, in many venues (especially when running in high schools for district events). Second, when you have a shop compressor in a pit, there's no way for us, as inspectors, to know 100% that you aren't using it to charge your robot.
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So can we agree that #2 is not a good reason?
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