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Re: Number of motors in 2015 season

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Originally Posted by andrewb1999 View Post
The way I'm reading the manual you are not allowed to have more than 8 motors because there are 8 40 amp ports on the PDP and all CIM, Mini-CIM, and bag motors have to be on a variable motor controller (we use talon SRs). Am I missing something or is the maximum number of CIM/mini-CIM/bag motors 8? Can talon SRs run on 30 amps?
Motor controllers can be up to 40A, so you can definitely run one on a 30A breaker. CIMs are usually run on the 40A because they might be prone to tripping otherwise. For the other side of the coin, we ran a mini-CIM last year for our intake on a 30A.
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