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Re: Keeping the main breaker from tripping

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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54 View Post
I personally would not want to rely on freezing my breaker as a primary method to keep my robot alive during a match, but under previous FIRST rules, I don't believe it was illegal.
To clarify, I don't think anyone cools their breaker to keep alive...they (or at least we) just do so in order to not start with an elevated temperature due to short match turnaround. An elevated temperature means your breaker will trip under lower current draw than a room temperature breaker.
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