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Re: Which Gearbox Should I Use?

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Originally Posted by Greg Woelki View Post
The main breaker has to be over 120 amps for a while before it trips. If I recall correctly, it will take about 40 seconds for it to trip at 240 amps and about 5 seconds at 500 amps. The motors in your drive train will probably each spend most of their times under 40 amps of current in a match.
About those 40 seconds: is it cumulative or at one time? If it is cumulative, I'm going to have to seriously rethink the whole 6-CIM chassis.